Patrick Mutinda Muthui

Mr Patrick Mutinda Muthui is a Consultant with the Poverty and Equity Team at the World Bank in Kenya and previously a National Research Coordinator for the Refugee Studies Centre at the University of Oxford. He is currently a visiting fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, as part of the Africa Oxford Initiative (AfOx) Visiting Fellowship programme, under the mentorship of Professor Naohiko Omata.

Mr Muthui’s research focuses on forced displacement, socio-economic integration, and service delivery for refugees and host communities. He has coordinated several high-impact studies, including projects on refugee economies and livelihoods in Kenya’s Kakuma and Kalobeyei camps. Mr Muthui holds an MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration from the University of London and MA in Population Studies from the University of Nairobi. His expertise includes monitoring and evaluation, program management, demographic analysis, and stakeholder engagement in forced migration contexts.

Recently, Mr. Muthui co-authored a policy report focusing on refugee debt and how it relates to livelihoods in Kakuma camp and Kalobeyei settlement. The findings of the study are also forthcoming in a peer-reviewed journal. Previously, he also co-authored an academic paper on the challenges facing the implementation of a social protection program in Kenya’s Marsabit County.

During his fellowship at Oxford, Mr Muthui will work on his project, “A Comparative Analysis of Access to Services between Refugees and Host Communities in North-West Kenya.” Using the datasets from the Refugee Studies Center, and corroborating with the 2019 national census data, he aims to assess service disparities and inform integrated policy for future refugee settlements in Kenya. His research seeks to improve access to services in host and refugee communities, contributing to policy reforms that support cohesive and sustainable development.