Dr. Kennedy Agade Mkutu,

Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Asian and African Studies, (ASAFAS), Kyoto University and Associate Professor, United States International University-Africa (Kenya)

A special lecture is held at 18, June, 2015 at Koshinkan-building, Ritsumeikan University. The lecturer is Dr. Kennedy Agade Mkutu, who is currently a visiting scholar of Kyoto University, and who have a post of associate professor at United State International University-Africa located in Kenya.

This special lecture is based on three years of research in Turkana since oil was discovered and explores the potential for further conflict. The oil discovering brings out a variety of issues, particularly governance and human security issues and analyses how these may interact with pre-existing conflict dynamics. It concludes that oil has the potential to lead to armed conflict or crime on a larger scale and that the most crucial factor that can be either ignored or assisted is the livelihood of pastoralists.

This lecture was held in the Konshinkan Building, Kinugasa Campus, on June 18, 2015, hosted by Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) and Graduate School of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University.

Approximately 50 participants attended and took the lessons from this lecture.