Dr. Kizito Sabala holds a Doctor of Philosophy in International Studies; Master of Arts in International Studies; and Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Sociology, all from the University of Nairobi (Kenya). He also holds a Master of Arts in Peace and Security Studies from Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). He has over 20 years of professional engagement on matters of peace and security that includes the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD).
Dr. Sabala has also consulted for the Government of Kenya East African Community (EAC), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the European Union. He previously served as the Head of the IGAD Liaison Offices in Juba (South Sudan), and Nairobi (Kenya). Dr. Sabala is a member of the African Peace Network (APN) and the American Political Science Association. He has gained deep and extensive knowledge of the region and its adjacent environs. He is currently a lecturer at the Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi, National Defense College and Defense Staff College. He is also an Adjunct lecturer at the Strathmore University. Previously, Dr Sabala has served as an adjunct lecturer at the United States University Africa (USIU-A) and Technical University of Kenya (TUK).
His recent publications include The IGAD Strategy on Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism (2018); Human Rights and Countering Terrorism (2018); A Policy Brief entitled Revisiting the Dismissal of the UNMISS Force Commander in South Sudan published by APN/Social Science Research Council, Briefing Note, Number 10, 2017; South Sudan 2015 Peace Agreement and Women’s Participation by Indiana University Press, April 2017; Climate Change and Migration in the Horn of Africa: A Case of the Pastoral Communities in 2012; Ending the Turbulence: Lessons from the IGAD-Mediation in Sudan in 2012; Sudan: Beyond the 2011 Referendum, in the African Journal for Peace and Security; Extra Regional Inputs in Promoting (in) Security in Somali, in R. Sharamo & B Mesfin (eds) in Regional Security in the Post-Cold War Horn of Africa, ISS Monograph 178, April 2011.
Dr Sabala’s expertise and interests include regionalism, human security, energy and environment international relations, international mediation and negotiation, international conflict management, and peace and security studies.