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class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1962 (age 61–62)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_County" title="Tharaka-Nithi County">Tharaka-Nithi County</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Research_Scientist" class="mw-redirect" title="Research Scientist">Research Scientist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ethnoarchaeology" title="Ethnoarchaeology">Ethnoarchaeology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anthropology" title="Anthropology">Anthropology</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1988 — present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data title"><a href="/wiki/Director_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Director General">Director General</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Museums_of_Kenya" title="National Museums of Kenya">National Museums of Kenya</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Chairperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairperson">Chairperson</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Cohesion_and_Integration_Commission" title="National Cohesion and Integration Commission">National Cohesion and Integration Commission</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kibunjia Nyagah Mzalendo</b> is a Kenyan <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">archeologist</a>. He formerly served as the Director General of the <a href="/wiki/National_Museums_of_Kenya" title="National Museums of Kenya">National Museums of Kenya</a> (NMK), a multi-disciplinary state corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2024 he was arrested for allegedly stealing SH490 million (roughly $4 million) from the museum.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed as the first chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Cohesion_and_Integration_Commission" title="National Cohesion and Integration Commission">National Cohesion and Integration Commission</a> (NCIC), a government agency intended to address and reduce inter-ethnic conflicts. In this role, he chaired the <a href="/wiki/Nakuru_County_Peace_Accord" title="Nakuru County Peace Accord">Nakuru Peace Accord</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Agikuyu</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a> communities.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first Kenyan to hold a doctorate in <a href="/wiki/Lower_Paleolithic" title="Lower Paleolithic">Early Stone Age</a> Archaeology.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_and_Education">Background and Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mzalendo_Kibunjia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background and Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mzalendo Kibunjia was born on January 13, 1962, in <a href="/wiki/Marimanti" title="Marimanti">Marimanti</a> village, <a href="/wiki/Tharaka-Nithi_County" title="Tharaka-Nithi County">Tharaka-Nithi County</a>. He attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi</a> and graduated with a B.A. in <a href="/wiki/Archaeology" title="Archaeology">Archaeology</a> and <a href="/wiki/History" title="History">History</a>. He studied at <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_University" title="Rutgers University">Rutgers University</a> in the United States, obtaining an M.A. in <a href="/wiki/Anthropology" title="Anthropology">Anthropology</a> in 1989. His <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy" title="Doctor of Philosophy">Doctor of Philosophy</a> degree in the same field was obtained in 2002, also from Rutgers.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also pursued a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Laws" title="Bachelor of Laws">Bachelor of Laws</a> (LL.B.) at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mzalendo_Kibunjia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Before completing his undergraduate course he was given a scholarship to pursue a PhD at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Toronto" title="University of Toronto">University of Toronto</a>, Canada. In 1984, he joined expeditions with Charles Cable who introduced him to the National Museum of Kenya (NMK) where he met and began to work with <a href="/wiki/Richard_Leakey" title="Richard Leakey">Richard Leakey</a>. NMK organized a scholarship for Mzalendo at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Milwaukee" title="University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee">University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee</a>. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=West_Turkana_Archaeological_Project&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West Turkana Archaeological Project (page does not exist)">West Turkana Archaeological Project</a>, which he co-directed with the then WTAP director Helene Roche, is still making important contributions to the knowledge and understanding of stone-tool technology in early human evolution.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was the founding chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_Cohesion_and_Integration_Commission" title="National Cohesion and Integration Commission">National Cohesion and Integration Commission</a> (NCIC),<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 6–26">: 6–26 </span></sup> an institution that was created after the <a href="/wiki/2007%E2%80%932008_Kenyan_crisis" title="2007–2008 Kenyan crisis">2007–2008 post-election violence</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Kofi_Annan" title="Kofi Annan">Kofi Annan</a> Negotiation Team to address and reduce inter-ethnic conflicts and ensure that Kenya does not succumb to a similar situation in the future. He led the commission in the development of the <a href="/wiki/Nakuru_County_Peace_Accord" title="Nakuru County Peace Accord">Nakuru Peace Accord</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Agikuyu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kalenjin_people" title="Kalenjin people">Kalenjin</a> communities.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He has held different positions at the National Museum of Kenya such as Director General, Chief Research Scientist, the Head of Sites and Monuments, Chairman Museum Enterprise and Development Unit Committee, Chairman Ol Ari Nyiro, UNESCO <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> List Nomination Committee, and Chairman <a href="/wiki/National_Environment_Management_Authority_of_Kenya" title="National Environment Management Authority of Kenya">National Environment Management Authority</a>, and Technical Advisory Committee on the proposed <a href="/wiki/Olkaria_I_Geothermal_Power_Station" title="Olkaria I Geothermal Power Station">Olkaria Geothermal</a> Power Plant. He is a Technical Advisor to the Kenyan delegation to the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> World Heritage Committee, and State Party meetings and has also offered expertise in the development of Africa Insider Mediators Platform, <a href="/wiki/Intergovernmental_Authority_on_Development" title="Intergovernmental Authority on Development">IGAD</a> Mediation Unit, <a href="/wiki/Djibouti" title="Djibouti">Djibouti</a> and national cohesion and integration training manual.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mzalendo_Kibunjia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mzalendo's published works is among many articles on Old Stone Age tool technology and other scientific projects such as: </p> <ul><li>Koobi Fora Field & Training Program in Paleoanthropology.</li> <li>West Turkana Archaeological Research Project.</li> <li>Swahili Studies and Coastal Peoples of Kenya field school.</li> <li>Early hominin foot morphology based on 1.5 million-year-old Footprints from Ileret Kenya.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>First occurrence of early Homo in the 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