Kenneth Ombongi is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Nairobi. Previously, he was the Principal/Chief Executive Ofcer at the Kenya Utalii College, Nairobi. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge; MPhil from JawaharLal Nehru University; MA and BA from the University of Nairobi. His research interests include history of biomedicine in Africa, that of ideas and statecraft as well as African politics.