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Lorna-Grace Okotto

Professor in Environmental Planning and Management, and Director Board of Postgraduate studies, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology

Professor in Environmental Planning and Management, and Director Board of Postgraduate studies, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology Prof. Lorna-Grace Okotto is the current director of the board of postgraduate studies, at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST). She has previously served the same institution as dean of the School of Spatial Planning and Natural Resource Management (SSPNRM), associate director at the Directorate of Research, Partnerships and Linkages, coordinator of research at the Centre for Research Innovation and Technology, as well as a senior lecturer and lecturer at the SSPNRM. She is passionate about research in water and sanitation with her interest focused in strategies for improving sustainable access to safe water and sanitation for the un-served and inadequately served populations. She has over twenty years’ experience in conducting research in poorly served areas in cities of sub-Saharan Africa including in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda. Lorna is also interested in water resources management especially working with local-level institutions and communities to manage water using an integrated approach.