About the Department
The department of Human Resource, Tourism and Hospitality Management was inaugurated in 2013 to manage and coordinate the teaching of all human resource and project management disciplines in the University and also tourism and hospitality management courses.
Name:Dr.Janet A. Wagude
Position/Designation: Lecturer/Head of Department
Contacts: 072260065/0787600653 wagudejanet1@gmail.com
Name: Prof. Jared Opiyo Ongong’a
Designation: Associate Professor
Contact: Phone 0721407530
Email: jaredongonga@yahoo.com, jongonga@ruc.ac.ke
Name: Patrick Kwoba Olubulyera
Position/Designation: Lecturer
Phone and Email – 0770154334, pkwoba@rongovarsity.ac.ke
Name: Rev.Dr Jonathan W. Omolo
Position: Senior Lecturer
Contacts: ecodss@yahoo.com,jonathanomolo@gmail.com
Name: Robby Wyckliffe
Designation: Tutorial Fellow
Contacts: robirowa@gmail.com or wrobby@rongovarsity.ac.ke Cell Phone No. 0723515858
The department offers courses from Certificate to Postgraduate listed hereunder:
Postgraduate courses
Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Human Resource Management
Undergraduate Courses
Bachelor of Science in Human Resource Management
Bachelor of Science in Project Planning and Management
Bachelor of Tourism Management
Bachelor of Hotel and Hospitality Management
Diploma Courses
Diploma in Human Resource Management
Diploma in Project Planning and Management
Diploma in Tourism Management
Diploma in Hotel and Hospitality Management
Certificate Courses
Certificate in Hotel and Hospitality Management
Certificate in Human Resource Management
Certificate in Tourism Management
Certificate in Project Management
Research and Publications
Lecturers from the department have the following publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences proceedings to their credit:
Olubulyera, P. K., Rop, J. J., & Wagude, J. (2018). Students’ Choice of Higher Tourism Education at Moi University, Eldoret. 1st Rongo University International Multidisciplinary Research Conference, 5th-9th March, 2018. Rongo, Kenya.
Olubulyera, P. K., Chebus, P.J., & Rop, J. J. (2016, October). Income Dependency and Community’s Attitudes towards Cultural Tourism in Kenya: An Explanatory Approach from Kogelo. International Journal of Research in Management and Social Sciences, 2(1), 67-72.