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PERSONAL INFORMATION ZABLONE OKOLLAH OWITI
Utalii House, Utalii Street, Nairobi, 30623 - 00100, Nairobi
+254 20-2588148 +254 721 790 204 (current Mob. +39 328 0773228)
zowiti@gmail.com
Skype: kowitizab
Sex Male | Date of birth 20/06/1977 | Nationality Kenyan
WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2016 – Present Consultant /Climate Services Specialist at World Food Program
Duties and Responsibilities
 Support follow-up actions from a Dialogue Workshop on Climate Services and Food
Security.
- Documenting of key outcomes from the workshop and developing the initial workshop report
to be shared amongst participants, including identified priorities for the food security sector.
- Develop draft Strategy and Key Priorities for Climate Services in the Agriculture and Food
Security.
- Proposal writing and identification of fund-raising opportunities to support implementation of
key priorities for Climate Services for food security priority area.
 Undertake a global analysis of key food security and early warning priorities for
climate services.
- Develop a report outlining gaps, opportunities, recommendations and proposed countries
which could be prioritised by WFP and partners for interventions
 Outline a strategy for WFP’s engagement in climate services.
- Document WFP’s strategic alignment to climate services.
- Document WFP’s relevant experience to date in climate services, its in-house expertise and
technical partnerships (current and potential), alongside overall points of advantage and
challenges.
- Develop an outline of WFP’s strategy for engaging in climate services
- Draft an initial guidance to guide on integration of Climate Services in WFP humanitarian
programs and projects for use by the Regional Bureaus and Country Offices.
Business or sector: International Organization / Humanitarian Sector
November, 2014 - Present
(on leave of absence)
Lecturer at School of Natural Resources and Environmental
Management, University of Kabianga
Duties and Responsibilities
▪ Teaching and evaluation of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Units taught Climate
Change Mitigation and Adaptation, Water Resource Planning and management, Forest Hydrology,
Degraded Land Management
▪ Other duties are:
▫ Initiating, planning and conducting research.
▫ Development of teaching and learning materials.
▫ Supervising undergraduate and postgraduate students in research activities.
▫ Developing research proposals for funding.
PERSONAL STATEMENT My goal is develop more skills and experience in the field of environmental
monitoring and prediction; and application of early warning information in
medium-to-long term development plans, disaster risk reduction and emergency
response, for resilience building in vulnerable
communities

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▫ Participating in administrative, academic and consultancy activities in Department and other
organizations.
▫ Representing the university in the National Green House Gas Management Sub-Technical
Committee of the Kenya Bureau of Standards
▫ Representing the University in seminars, workshops and conferences in relevant fields.
June, 2015 – September, 2015 Consultant/Climate Adaptation and Resilience Expert with Global framework for
Climate Services (GFCS)/Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
Duties and Responsibilities
▪ Collect relevant material regarding needs and gaps related to:
▫ ICPAC’s work processes, services/products produced and human capacity needs in order to
qualify as a Regional Climate Centre (RCC);
▫ the status/conditions/needs of climate service institutions in selected IGAD member states; and
▫ needs for climate information in GFCS focus sectors of relevance for humanitarian response (DRR,
agriculture/food security and water management) in selected IGAD member states.
▫ Liaise with key partners and stakeholder in the GFCS priority areas and in the wider humanitarian
sector in Nairobi to identify key needs for climate information for vulnerable populations in the
region within these sectors and existing tools that could be further developed/replicated across
East Africa
▪ Develop a guideline for actual joint WMO/NRC capacity needs assessment based on initial findings
and initial dialogue with key stakeholders
▪ Provide practical arrangements for setting up meetings for the assessment team
▪ Coordinate the assessment, and the assessment team, including providing practical arrangements
around travel and stay of the team members
▪ Coordinate the preparation of an assessment report on behalf of the assessment team with clear
recommendations for:
▫ key human and technical skills that are needed in order for ICPAC to be recognised as RCC and
deliver relevant climate services to NMHSs and the humanitarian sector in selected IGAD member
states;
▫ what profiles (technical and human) that NRC Expert Deployment should recruit to offer relevant
expertise to support capacity development for effective Climate Service frameworks in East Africa;
▫ Readiness of ICPAC to be designated as a WMO Regional Climate Centre
Business or sector Non-Governmental Organization / Climate Services Sector
2007 –2014 Science Secretary, National Commission for Science, Technology and
Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya
Duties and Responsibilities
▪ Coordination and promotion of Science, Technology and Innovation and generating policy advice
with special reference to Environmental Sciences areas;
▪ Focal point on climate change with regard to promotion of adaptation and mitigation technologies in
collaboration with other government agencies and international organizations;
▪ Coordinating workplace environmental sustainability activities that included domestication of the
national environmental policy at work place, promotion of waste management, spearheading of
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities such as tree planting drives, rehabilitation of
degraded wetland areas in collaboration with other government institutions, NGOs and CBOs;

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EDUCATION
▪ Coordinating strategic collaborations/partnerships between the Commission and other organizations.
▪ Assisting in the coordination of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA), a global radio telescope Project
activities in Kenya as the Secretary to the National Steering Committee of the SKA Project;
▪ Organizing Conferences/Workshops to disseminate research results and innovations;
▪ Preparing documents , reports and minutes of Environment and Earth Sciences committee of the
Commission; and
▪ Representing the Commission in climate change related meetings including the East African
Sectorial meetings on Environment and Natural Resources as a member of the Climate Change
Technical Working Group (CCTWG) and preparatory meetings for Kenyan participation in the
UNFCCC Conference of Party (COP) Meetings.
Business or sector Government Agency
2003 - 2007 Climate Scientist, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC),
Nairobi, Kenya
Duties and Responsibilities
▪ Conducting research on the role of Indian Ocean Sea Surface Temperature (SST) gradients on East
African Climate Variability.
▪ Acquiring near real time and remotely sensed data for operational activities
▪ Coordinated capacity building and training workshops on climate early warning
▪ Training scientists from the NMHSs of IGAD member countries on seasonal climate prediction.
▪ Developing statistical models for seasonal rainfall prediction during the Capacity Building Workshops
preceding the Climate Outlook Forums (COF)
▪ Verification of the Seasonal climate forecasts
▪ Development of dekadal, monthly and seasonal climate early warning bulletins
▪ Working with vulnerable communities to understand their climate early warning information needs
through pilot application projects
Business or sector Inter-Governmental Organization
2009 - 2012) PhD, Climate System and Global Change
Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology, China
2003 - 2005 MSc (Meteorology)
University of Nairobi, Kenya
1998 - 2002 BSc (Meteorology)
University of Nairobi, Kenya
SELECTED SHORT-TERM
TRAININGS
01.06.2015 – 05.06.2015 Training Course to strengthen knowledge on UN and mission mandates for
Standby personnel
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Oslo-Hadeland, Norway
13.08.2014 – 15.08.2014 Proposal Writing and Grant Management
Training Centre in Communication (TCC), Nairobi, Kenya
19.05.2014 - 27.06.2014 Senior Management Course
Kenya School of Government, Nairobi, Kenya
11.06.2012 – 22.06.2012 Radar Meteorology
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Regional Training Centre, Nanjing, China.
26.03.2012 – 07.04.2012 Methods of Short Term Climate Prediction
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Beijing Climate Centre, China

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PERSONAL SKILLS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
24.09.2007 – 05.10.2007 Application of Satellite Based Vegetation and Related Data in Environmental
Monitoring
European Commission-JRC, Nairobi, Kenya.
10.09.2007 – 14.09.2007 Regional Climate Modeling Using PRECIS Model
UK Met Office, Nairobi, Kenya
01.02.2004 – 28.02.2004 Dynamical Climate Modeling over the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA)
International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Nairobi Kenya
Mother tongue(s) LUO
Other language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production
ENGLISH Proficient Proficient Proficient Proficient Proficient
KISWAHILI Proficient Proficient Proficient Proficient Proficient
IT Skills ▪ Knowledge of MATLAB, SURFER access systems, R, and Grid Analysis and Display System
(GrADS)
▪ Experience working with Word, Excel, Power Point and Access.
Driving licence BCE
Publications 1. Affullo A., Onyango C., Ngati G., Berhane K., Samet J., Kumie A., Hundal H., Iganga F.,
Oyoo T., and Owiti Z, 2015: Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment in Kenya: Air
Pollution, Occupational Safety and Health, and Climate Change for Health – Findings,
Research needs and Policy implications. Establishing a Global GeoHealth Hub for Eastern
Africa. Warma Technoprises Publishers.
2. Owiti, Z. O. and Zhu Weijun, 2012: Spatial distribution of rainfall seasonality over East Africa.
J. Geogr. Reg. Plann., Vol. 5(15), 409-421. DOI: 10.5897/JGRP12.027
3. Owiti, Z. O. and Zhu Weijun, 2012: East African rainfall seasonality based on Modulated
Annual Cycle. Int. J. Phys. Sci., Vol. 7(24), 3050-3061. DOI: 10.5897/IJPS12.240.
4. Owiti, Z. O., 2012:An examination of EastAfrican Climate variability based on coherent time
scale modes. Ph. D Thesis, Nanjing University of Information, Science and Technology.
5. Owiti, Z. O. and Zhu Weijun, 2010: Variability of Equatorial East African Climate based on
Empirical Mode Decomposition derived variability components. Proceedings of WMO 3rd
International Conference on Quantitative Precipitation Estimation/ Quantitative Precipitation
Forecasting and Hydrology, Nanjing, China, F-6, pp 279-283.
6. Owiti, Z. O., Ogallo L. A, and Mutemi J., 2008: Linkages between the Indian Ocean Dipole
and eastAfrican rainfall anomalies. J. Kenya Meteor. Soc., Vol. 2, 3-17.
7. Owiti, Z. O. and Ogallo L.A., 2007: Dynamical Aspects of Indian Ocean Dipole and East
African Rainfall Anomaly Linkages. J. Kenya Meteor. Soc., Vol 1, 14-19.
8. O. Opere and Z. O. Owiti, 2007: Flow Routing in River Yala for flood forecasting services
using the Muskingum Technique, Discovery and Innovation Journal of African Academy of
Sciences, Vol. 19 (1): pp. 17-22.
9. Owiti, Z. O., 2005: Use of Indian Ocean Dipole as a predictor of EastAfrican Rainfall
Anomalies, Msc Thesis, University of Nairobi.

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Conferences/Seminars 1. Greater Horn ofAfrica (GHA) 41st Climate Outlook Forum (GHACOF41), 24th – 27th
August 2015, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (Co-presented a paper on strengthening climate
services through expert deployments: A new capacity and competency partnership).
2. The East African Community Regional Workshop on Carbon Footprint of products
(CFP)/Life Cycle Assessment for National Standard Bodies and Case Study Stakeholders,
3rd – 5th August, 2015, Nairobi, Kenya.
3. East African Community Climate Change Vulnerability ImpactAssessment (VIA) Workshop,
7th – 9th October, 2014, Bujumbura, Burundi.
4. Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS)-Swedish Standard Institute (SIS) Training Workshop on
Carbon Footprint for Products and Services (CFP) Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), 14th - 15th
July, 2014 in Nakuru, Kenya.
5. East African Community (EAC) Climate Change Technical Working Group (CCTWG)
Meeting on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impact Assessment and Adaptation (VIA) Study,
12th - 13th June, 2014, Kigali, Rwanda.
6. 7th Joint Annual Meeting of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Economy and
Finance and Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Conference of African Ministers of
Finance, Planning and Economic Development, 24th - 30th March, 2014, Abuja, Nigeria.
7. East African Community (EAC) Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Training Workshop, 16th -
17th December, 2013, Nairobi.
8. High Level Expert Conference on Biodiversity and Climate Change, 18th - 19th June, 2013
in Nairobi, Kenya (Presented a keynote paper on Biodiversity Research and
Conservation Policy Gaps in Kenya in the light of Climate Change).
9. The UN Economic and Social Council (UNECOSOC) High Level Segment Meeting, 1st -4th
July, 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland.
10. The United Nations University-MERIT (UNU-MERIT) and the United Nations International
Development Organization (UNIDO) Green Technology in Africa Project Workshop, 14th
June, 2013, Nairobi, Kenya.
11. The second meeting of the East African Community Sectorial Council on Environment and
Natural Resources, 28th January - 1st February, 2013 in Kigali, Rwanda.
12. National Workshop on Integrating Climate Change in National Planning and Budgeting
Process, 19th – 20th October, 2012, Nairobi, Kenya.
13. The 1st Conference on sustainable management of water resources in Mt. Kenya
Catchment Zone, 13th – 14th, Nanyuki, Kenya (Presented a keynote paper on Policy
direction in Water Research towards achieving Vision 2030).
14. Eighth Session of Forum on Regional Climate Monitoring,Assessment and Prediction for
Asia (FOCRAVIII), 5th – 7th April, 2012, Beijing Climate Centre, China.
15. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Third Conference on Quantitative
Precipitation Estimation (QPE)/Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) and Hydrology,
18th – 22nd October, 2010, Nanjing, China.(Presented a paper on Variability of Equatorial
east African Climate based on Empirical Mode Decomposition derived variability
components )
16. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Conference on
Decadal Climate Predictability, 16th – 20th August, 2010, Marimare, Trieste, Italy.
17. The 1st Ewiem Nimdie International Summer School in Tropical Meteorology and Climate,
20th July – 1st August, 2008, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
(KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
18. 20th International Climate Outlook Forum for the Greater Horn of African region, 5th – 7th
September, 2007, Nairobi, Kenya
19. The World Climate Research Program (WCRP)African Climate Research Networking
Workshop for Young Scientists, 28 March 2007 in conjunction with the 28th session of the
Joint Scientific Committee for the WCRP, in Zanzibar, Tanzania (Presented a poster on the
Linkages between east African Climate Variability and the Indian Ocean dipole mode).
20. The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) 7th Workshop on the
Applicability of Environmental Physics and Meteorology in Africa (APEPMA), 26th February
– 2nd March 2007, Gaborone, Botswana.
21. The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) National Stakeholders’ Workshop on
Tsunami Damage Projection Model, 21st February 2007, Nairobi, Kenya.
22. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Workshop on Data processing and
Management, 8th – 12th May 2006 held at IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre,
Nairobi, Kenya.

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Memberships 1. Climate Change Adaptation (Social Affairs and Livelihoods) specialist, Norwegian Capacity
(NORCAP)/Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) experts roster
2. Member, Kenya Meteorological Society (KMS)
3. Member, Green House Gas Management Sub-Technical Committee of the Kenya Bureau of
Standards
4. Member, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MoEST) Planning Working Group
(PWG) on development of Conceptual Framework to operationalize the National Research
Fund.
Referees 1. Katiuscia Fara
Climate Services Advisor,
Climate and Disaster Risk Reduction Programmes
World Food Programme
Via Cesare Giulio, Viola 68/70, 00148, Rome, Italy
E-mail: katiuscia.fara@wfp.org
Tel. +41 79 1578596
2. Heidi Solheim Nordbeck
Project Manager,
Climate and Resilience Expert Deployment/Norwegian Capacity (NORCAP)
Norwegian Refugee Council
PO BOX 148, Sentrum 0102 Oslo
NORWAY
E-mail: Heidi.SolheimNordbeck@nrc.no or heidi.sol.nordbeck@gmail.com
www.nrc.no
3. Dr. Moses K. Rugutt, PhD
Director General,
National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI)
P. O. Box 30623-00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Email: secretary@nacosti.go.ke
Webpage: www.nacosti.go.ke
4. Prof. Laban Ogallo, PhD
IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC)
PO Box 10304, 00100
Nairobi, Kenya.
Email: logallo@icpac.net
Webpage: www.icpac.net