Prof. Wambui Kiai is a consultant with PICL, leading the function of research and strategic communication. Wambui is an Associate Professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Nairobi. She is the immediate former Director of the School where she successfully spearheaded the revitalization of the School leading to its identification by UNESCO in the year 2007, as one of the top 12 training institutions in communication and media in Africa. She is a founding member of the Media Council of Kenya. She was appointed to a Task Force on the reform of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) in 2012.
Wambui has vast training and research experience, in the areas of Health Communication, Gender and Socio-legal issues, Broadcasting, Peace and Communication and Specialised Writing. Wambui has published in international journals and she has co-edited and co-authored books and book chapters with others. These include: Voices of Kenyan Media Veterans: 70 Years of Communication and Media in Kenya (with Muiru Ngugi) (2011); The Media in Kenya: Evolution, Effects and Challenges (with George Nyabuga) (2011); Media Excellence: Issues in Practice and Training in East Africa (with Kiiru Sam, Muhoro Njeri & Ugangu Wilson) (2009), among others
Wambui is an accomplished researcher, with diverse experience, having worked for the Association of African Women for Research and Development (AAWORD), Forest Action Network (FAN), African Itinerant College on Culture and Development (AICCD), Women and Law in East Africa (WLEA), and the Centre for Law and Research International (CLARION). Her research areas of focus include, communication and HIV and AIDS, media and conflict, media and gender, and in general media and communication areas. She has solid experience as a trainer, facilitator and convenor of workshops, seminars and conferences, having participated in the conceptualisation and implementation of meetings for institutions such as the University of Western Ontario (with the School), the Association for Free and Independent Press (AFIP), and the Association of African Women on Research and Development (AAWORD).
Wambui has a Doctorate degree from the University of Nairobi, specialising in Health Communication, a Masters degree from the University of Western Ontario (UWO), Canada; a Post-graduate Diploma in Mass Communication and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature and Arabic from the University of Nairobi.
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