Mr. Victor Bwire, OGW

Victor Bwire is the Director, Media Training and Development at the Media Council of Kenya, the leading self-regulatory statutory institution for media in Kenya. In addition to managing the programmes portfolio and deputising the Chief Executive Officer at the Council, he leads in the strategic conceptualisation of projects, leads in resource mobilisation and provides leadership to programme implementation on media interventions to shape the journalism profession and industry in Kenya with global trends.

He has consulted as a media trainer, university lecturer, media relations, event organisation and management, speech writing, copy editing, developing communication strategies, production of policy and board papers, advocacy and journalists’ safety and protection in Africa. He is a communications and media specialist with interest in development communication, media relation, message development, advocacy campaigns, social mobilisation, international advocacy, Public Communication, and behaviour change communication. He is a regular analyst and commentator of current Affairs on Kenya Television Network (KTN) and Citizen TV in Kenya and writes for several local and international publications.

Mr Bwire has organised short course for the Government of Kenya, County Governments, MCK, KNCHR, Article 19, Africog, Twaweza East Africa, International Centre for Transitional Journalist, UNDP, DWA, AMREF, UNESCO, USA Embassy in Nairobi, Canada High Commission, Open Society Foundation for East Africa and host of other institutions including being in charge of media relations and liaison.

He has taught at the University of Nairobi, United States International University and Mt. Kenya University. He previously worked at ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa as Progammes Officer on Journalists’ Safety and as a Human Rights Officer at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.

He holds an MA in Communication and Media Studies, Post- Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication and a BA from the University of Nairobi. He also holds a Post- Graduate Diploma in Environmental Journalism and Communication from Makerere University, Uganda.