Paul Kipchumba Explained

Paul Kipchumba, in Chinese Chen Pu, (born 30 April 1983) is a Kenyan author, businessman and philanthropist from Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya. His other names are Kipwendui and Kibiwott. He speaks Chinese, English, Marakwet (his native language), and Swahili. Magical Kenya News called Kipchumba one of the best Kenyan writers of all time.[1]

Education

He has studied literature and language at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and Tianjin Foreign Studies University, China; graduate attachment at the British Institute in Eastern Africa under Henrietta More, a British professor of social anthropology at the University of Cambridge; certificate in "Energy Within Environmental Constraints" at Harvard University (HavardX), USA, under David Keith, Gordon McKay professor of applied physics; has also sat for Chinese language proficiency test (HSK 6) at Hanban/Confucius Institute.

Occupation

He is the executive chairman at Shenhai Energy,[2] and an advisor at Kipchumba Foundation.[3]

Works

He has been writing from a young age, as exemplified by his emerging third best in the 1999 British Council Essay Writing Competition for high school students for his essay "Crime is a Bridge to Success". He has many publications with Kipchumba Foundation that are also available at Amazon and is recognized by a dozen other authors.[4] [5] [6] The following are some of his publications:

Books and stories

Papers and abstracts

Translations

(2016). Awen nyo Kuryonchotei: Nta Amunee to Kuweti Kuryong’otei Kimukulmet. Marakwet Translation of Ngugi wa Thiongio's “The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright” (2012). Nairobi: Jalada.[9]

(2023). Kichono Mandela Ki-itu Leah. Marakwet Translation of Wole Soyinka's “Mandela Comes to Leah” (2023). Nairobi: Jalada.[10]

Philanthropy

He is a philanthropist in the realm of education. Most of his donations are channelled into Kipchumba Foundation, for which he is a major donor. He has also been instrumental in promoting peace and national cohesion in Kenya, especially in resolving communal conflicts between warring Marakwet and Pokot ethnic communities in North western Kenya, and in quelling political temperatures in 2017 in Kenya by convening stakeholder forums under the auspices of Kipchumba Foundation.

Human rights activism

As an intern at the Kenya Human Rights Commission (2006–2007), Kipchumba championed human rights among communities in Kenya. He founded the North Rift (region) Human Rights Networks and helped communities to document their Human Rights struggles in Mizizi ya Haki[11] ('The Roots of Justice', a community human rights newsletter) by enabling the formation of community editorial boards, while serving as an overall coordinator and editor.

Controversy

In his book Africa in China's 21st Century: In Search of a Strategy (2017), Kipchumba says that democracy is not appropriate as a political system in Africa because it causes misery and can only be applicable in wealthy economies. He observes that there is need to advance a political system that accord with Africa's material and intellectual poverty. In this book he says that African countries should formulate policies on how to tap aid from China.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-09-02 . KENYANS CAN WRITE: A List of All Time best Kenyan Authors. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200823173935/https://magicalkenyanews.co.ke/kenyans-can-write-a-list-of-all-time-best-kenyan-authors/ . 2020-08-23 . 2021-08-24 . Magical Kenya News.
  2. Web site: Directors – Shenhai Energy. www.shenhaienergy.cn .
  3. Web site: Advisory Board - Kipchumba Foundation.
  4. Kramon, E. (2017). Money for Votes: The Causes and Consequences of Electoral Clientelism in Africa. UK: University of Cambridge Press.
  5. Kipkorir, B. E. (2009). Descent from Cherang’any Hills: Memoirs of a Reluctant Academic. Nairobi: Moran (Kenya) Publishers.
  6. Web site: Modern Lives « Henrietta L. Moore. www.henriettalmoore.com. en. 2018-06-12.
  7. Web site: A China-U.S. Trade War Will Harm Africa-- ChinAfrica. 倪延硕. www.chinafrica.cn. 2018-06-12.
  8. Web site: U.S. Smear Campaign Against China Will Fail-- ChinAfrica. 倪延硕. www.chinafrica.cn. 2019-01-15.
  9. Web site: Awen nyo Kuryonchotei: Nta Amunee to Kuweti Kuryong'otei Kimukulmet. 22 March 2016.
  10. Web site: Kichono Mandela Ki-itu Leah. 1 October 2023.
  11. Web site: KHRC - Mizizi Ya Haki. www.khrc.or.ke. en-gb. 2018-06-12.
  12. Web site: The North Africa Journal. www.north-africa.com. en-gb. 2019-11-04.

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