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Jesse W Waithaka
Director, Kenya Institute of Surveying and Mapping (KISM)

Academic/Professional Certificates

  • Master of Science in Geophysics – Kenyatta University
  • Bachelor of Education (Science) – Kenyatta University
  • Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management – Technical University of Mombasa (TUM)
  • Corporate Governance
  • Developing Research Skills
  • Strategic Leadership Development Program (SLDP)
  • Senior Management Course (SMC)

Work Experience

1995 – 1996  Teacher, Moi Ndeffo Secondary School – Nakuru
2000 – 2004  HOD/ Principal Lecturer N.Y.S. Engineering Institute
2004 – 2007  Principal – National Youth Service Training College (NYSTC), Mombasa
2007 – 2012  HOD, Kenya Institute of Highways & Building Technology (KIBHT)
2012 – 2016  Deputy Principal, K.I.H.B.T
2016 – 2021  Ag. Director/Deputy Director Kenya Institute of Surveying & Mapping (KISM)
2022 – 2024  Director, Kenya Institute of Surveying & Mapping (KISM)

Professional Qualifications

  • Trained Graduate Maths/Physics Teacher, TSC No.356768
  • Trained TVET CDACC with License No.T210002
  • Member of IHRM

Research Activities

  • Resistivity and Magnetic Survey within Kenyatta University
  • Interpretation of Seimic Data from University of Nairobi
  • Gravity and Magnetic Survey in Magadi Geothermal areas