Board Members

INERELA+ KENYA BOARD MEMBERS

Sheikh Abdalla Mohamed Kamwana

Board Chairperson

Sheikh Abdalla Kamwana holds a Masters’ Degree in [...]

Sheikh Abdalla Mohamed Kamwana

Board Chairperson

Sheikh Abdalla Kamwana holds a Masters’ Degree in Education and Leadership Management from the Kenya Methodist University (KEMU) and a Bachelors’ Degree in Business Administration (Human Resource Management-Major) from KEMU. He has experience in human rights, community organization skills, participatory learning and action methodologies, group development and dynamics, Monitoring and advocacy, leadership development, management skills and networking, project planning and management, basic counselling and public relations, conflict management and consensus building and democracy and governance – principles and values.

Fr. Charles Odira Kwanya

Vice Chairperson

Lecturer and Head of Department: Mission and Islamic Studies (at [...]

Fr. Charles Odira Kwanya

Vice Chairperson

Lecturer and Head of Department: Mission and Islamic Studies (at Tangaza University College). Holder of Doctorate degree in Missiology, with a specialization in interreligious Studies from Pontifical University Urbaniana (Italy -2009). Worked as National Executive Secretary for the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops Commissions for Pastoral, Ecumenism and Interreligious dialogue respectively (2011-2017) Founding Chairman, Kenya Interfaith Network of Action for Environment (KINAE).

Bishop Dr. John W. Warari

General Secretary

Bishop John Warari holds a PhD in Bibilical Studies and is [...]

Bishop Dr. John W. Warari

General Secretary

Bishop John Warari holds a PhD in Bibilical Studies and is currently preparing to defend a second PhD thesis in Christian Ministries and Leadership. He holds a Diploma in International Relations and Diplomacy. Bishop Wariri is the Presiding Bishop of Abba Gospel Churches and the Director of Abba Bible Training College. He is also serving as the National Chairman of The Kenya Christian Forum as well as the chairman of Kahawa West Pastor’s Fellowship among other leadership capacties. Bishop Warari is an International Certified Mediator, having mediated various issues in Kenya e.g. IEBC Isaak Hassan impasse as well as the 2017 Doctor’s Strike. He has been seconded twice in 2016 and 2017 by UNDP to Zimbabwe to present the Mediation and Peace Kenya experience paper. Bishop Warari utilizes his vast knowledge, experience and insight to serve as the General Secretary at Inerela Kenya.

Rev Jane Ng’ang’a

National Coordinator

Rev Jane Ng’ang’a is the current National Coordinator for INERELA+ Kenya. She holds a Masters’ [...]

Rev Jane Ng’ang’a

National Coordinator

Rev Jane Ng’ang’a is the current National Coordinator for INERELA+ Kenya. She holds a Masters’ Degree in Community Care and HIV/AIDS from the Wales Lamperter College, UK and a Bachelor of Education (Arts) Degree from Moi University, Kenya. She has over 10 years’ experience in community health programming, with comprehensive knowledge on Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), STI/HIV&AIDS public health programs, maternal and child health issues, family planning, youth programming, and behaviour change communication (BCC), health promotion and education, including curriculum design, development and implementation, advocacy strategy development focusing on religious leaders and youth programs. Over the last 10 years, she has worked both at the national and regional levels, managing programs cutting across the Eastern & Southern Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda) and Asia regions (Philippines).

Liz Guantai

Legal Representative

Ms. Liz Guantai is a lawyer and a UN Women global champion for women economic empowerment [...]

Liz Guantai

Legal Representative

Ms. Liz Guantai is a lawyer and a UN Women global champion for women economic empowerment. She has vast experience in human rights, gender based violence, legal aid and access to justice. She has an LL.M from the University of Cape Town and a post-graduate certificate in Human Rights and Sustainable Development from the University of Antwerp. She is a consultant and advisor on human rights, women and gender and sustainable development. She has worked meaningfully with faith-based and rural communities and was awarded among 100 exemplary African youth leaders at the 1st African Presidential Leadership Program in July 2019.

Sujatha Kotamraju

Treasurer

Sujatha Kotamraju is a graduate in Chemistry from Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh. [...]

Sujatha Kotamraju

Treasurer

Sujatha Kotamraju is a graduate in Chemistry from Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh. She holds a degree from the International Montessori School, UK with Psychology as main subject from International Montessori School, Nairobi Kenya. She passed TAISSE ( The African Institute of Satya Sai Education in Human Values in the year 2004).

Bishop Godfrey Kimani

Representative of the Pentecostal Movement and Mt. Kenya Regions

Bishop Godfrey Kimani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Religious [...]

Bishop Godfrey Kimani

Representative of the Pentecostal Movement and Mt. Kenya Regions

Bishop Godfrey Kimani holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Education from the Landmark Baptist Theological Seminary. He also holds a diploma in theological perspectives on HIV and AIDS Education from the PCEA Kikuyu Hospital. He has also been trained as a ToT on Leaders’ Mandate. He has also been trained as a hospital chaplain and clinical pastoral work by the Presbyterian University. He also holds a Diploma in Bible and Theology from the Grace Bible School.

Rev Canon Gibson Mwandime

Representative - PLHIV

Canon Gibson Mwandime holds a certificate of Higher Religious [...]

Rev Canon Gibson Mwandime

Representative - PLHIV

Canon Gibson Mwandime holds a certificate of Higher Religious Studies from the University of Nairobi and a Diploma in Theology from the St. Paul’s University. He is an ordained minister with the Anglican Church of Kenya (1979 – present) and is vocal in advocacy to end HIV related stigma and discrimination within faith communities. He is the current Honourable Diocesan HIV Advisor at the ACK Diocese of Taita Taveta County.

Prof. Mohamed Karama

Representative – Health

Prof. Mohamed Karama is the INERELA+ Kenya Board Member on issues of health. He holds[...]

Prof. Mohamed Karama

Representative – Health

Prof. Mohamed Karama is the INERELA+ Kenya Board Member on issues of health. He holds a doctor of philosophy degree in Public Health and Epidemiology from Kenyatta University. He is the current Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Research and Student’s Affairs at the Umma University in Kenya. Over the years, he has carried out research on Community involvement in schistosoma mansoni control in Mwea irrigation scheme, water and sanitation studies in the irrigation scheme in Mwea, diarrhoeal diseases control in Malindi as well as female genital schistomiasis as a risk for HIV transmission in Karachuonyo among other areas of study. He has also published extensively and has also been involved in consultancy work with the World Health Organization, Action AID, GTZ, and UNICEF among others.

Bishop Joel Keitany

Representative – Rift Valley and Western

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Bishop Joel Keitany

Representative – Rift Valley and Western

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Mariam Wamuyu

Representative – Marginalized Areas

Mariam holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Egerton University. [...]

Mariam Wamuyu

Representative – Marginalized Areas

Mariam holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Egerton University. In addition, she holds several certificates including a certificate in TOT/TOF (Training of Facilitators) from the Kenya Institute of Social Work, certificate in guidance and counselling and conflict management and resolution from Egerton University. She is a Civil registration Officer II at the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government, State Department of Interior (Civil Registration Services) and has previously worked with the St. John’s Community Centre as a Part-time Entrepreneurship Facilitator –DREAMS Project (USAID Funded). She has extensive experience working on issues around AYPs and women empowerment.

INERELA+ Kenya has a Board of Directors It meets twice a year. It has a management committee comprising of the Board Chairperson, the Vice Chair and the Treasurer who meet on a regular basis to provide policy guidance to the management.