Dr. Lonah Mutoro Mumelo, HSC is a professional trained teacher with PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, with a Masters of Art degree from Wales University (UK) and a Bachelor of Education in Science from the University of Nairobi. She has taught in different secondary schools in Kenya rising through the ranks from assistant teacher to the position of a chief principal. She then moved to Shanzu Teachers college as the dean of students, a position she held until she retired from Teachers Service Commission.

Dr. Lonah served in the Parliamentary Service Commission as a non-member Commissioner, representing Women in Kenya; a position she held for six years. During her tenure as commissioner, she chaired the Commission’s Internal Audit Committee, and she was a member of Staff and Members Welfare Committee, Communication and Public Participation Committee and also became a member of the board of Centre of Parliamentary Studies and Training. Thereafter, she joined the University of Nairobi department of Diplomacy as a part time lecturer in Peace and Conflict Management. A position she held until she was appointed a member of POMAC.