2022 ILINA Fellows
- August 14, 2022

BORU GOLLO
AI risks

EFFIE ODHIAMBO
Cause prioritisation models

ELVIS COSMOS
Space governance
Elvis will be developing an interactive 3-day workshop geared towards introducing undergraduate students of law, policy and international relations to the field of space governance. The workshop will involve a review of the existing legal and policy-related frameworks on space governance, with a special focus on how these laws can be accommodative of posterity. The project plans to contribute to the field of space governance by developing recommendations from the discussions of the workshop to grow a network of students interested in working on space-related issues.

FREDRICK OMONDI
Forecasting using machine learning tools

GATHONI IRERI
Moral uncertainty in doing good

GICHANA MOREKWA
AI development
Gichana will be exploring the cost barriers to AI development in Africa in what he terms as ‘hitting the African wall’. His research will address the costly computing infrastructure necessary for AI development, so as to uncover its impact on AI development in Africa. The project seeks to show that the existing computing costs and methods precipitate delays in Africa’s AI revolution and are discriminative towards Africa’s future generations.

KELVIN WACHIRA
Planetary justice and intergenerational ethics
Kelvin will be undertaking research assessing the efficacy of the planetary justice framework as presently conceptualised. The research will highlight fatal drawbacks of the planetary justice framework insofar as it fails to consider the views of the global south or the interests of future generations. The project therefore aims to contribute an African perspective that caters for the interests of both present and future generations in the planetary justice framework.

KEN RUTO
Universal access to water supply
Ken will be developing the concept for an open source benchmark cost analysis and points of improvement software toolkit targeting state water utilities (WSPs) in Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa. The project proposes to conduct a research study and collect empirical evidence that will aid WSPs to maximise and accelerate affordable, convenient and dignified access to water and sanitation in a bid to reduce water losses and enhance universal access to water. To this end, the project will craft usable models that WSPs may use to appraise their current performance against their mandate and towards ensuring equal access to water for present and future generations.

KHALIL BADBESS
Sovereign debt disclosure for the benefit of future generations

MERCY KYALO
Engendering concern for future generations through education

MICHELLE MALONZA
Measuring happiness

MOSES ANTONY ODHIAMBO
Vaccine development and use
Moses will be working on research at the intersection of vaccine governance and population ethics. His project will investigate how vaccine governance can be designed to take into account the attitude of African peoples towards population ethics in a better way. Moses’ research is especially important if one takes the viewpoint that vaccine development and use will matter a lot in the future.

NCIKO WA NCIKO
Climate change
Nciko’s research project addresses the strategies adopted under the Paris Agreement to keep global temperatures below 2°C. In particular, Nciko argues that leaving developing countries to account for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of transnational corporations (TNCs) operating in their jurisdictions is inconsistent with the ‘common but differentiated responsibility and respective capabilities’ (CBDRRC) principle. Nciko’s research will offer a plausible way forward on the issue.

NDUTA MUHINDI
Animal welfare

NICOLE MUTUNG’A
AI risks

REBECCA MURERWA
Public health

SANJANA RAGU
Animal welfare
2022 ILINA Seminar Participants
- Adi Guyo
- Anne Nganga
- Cosmas Ondino
- Dominic Nyaga
- Esther Njue
- Jael Ongeri
- Jesse Thaiya
- Joan Waweru
- Kariuki Muhindi
- Leticia Kiptum
- Mark Lenny Gitau
- Mary Osuka
- Mercy Kamau
- Muthoni Wanjiku
- Nyakerario Omanga
- Pauline Gethi
- Polycarp Okumu
- Raqda Sayidali
- Stacy Gatumbo
- Wairimu Manyara
- Wanja Gachanja
- Zayn Aslam
- Adi Guyo
- Anne Nganga
- Cosmas Ondino
- Dominic Nyaga
- Esther Njue
- Jael Ongeri
- Jesse Thaiya
- Joan Waweru
- Kariuki Muhindi
- Leticia Kiptum
- Mark Lenny Gitau
- Mary Osuka
- Mercy Kamau
- Muthoni Wanjiku
- Nyakerario Omanga
- Pauline Gethi
- Polycarp Okumu
- Raqda Sayidali
- Stacy Gatumbo
- Wairimu Manyara
- Wanja Gachanja
- Zayn Aslam