Benjamin is an Environmentalist with over 34 years’ Experience in Environmental Management Locally, Regionally and Globally. Mr. Langwen has a Masters of Science Degree in Environmental Pollution Control from the University of Leeds - 1994 (UK) and a Bachelors of Science Degree in Chemistry from the University of Nairobi -1990 (Kenya). With 14 years working experience at the then Nairobi City Council as a Chief Chemist, 12 years at the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) as Director in charge of Compliance and Enforcement and over 8 years’ Experience in Private sector as an Environmental Consultant/Advisor on matters Environment and Water Management. He is proud of being a twice recipient of Common Wealth Scholarship on matters Water and Environment in the United Kingdom. Benjamin has done specialized Courses on Hazardous Waste Management, Water Quality Management among many other courses.Mr. Langwen is a graduate of Kenya School of Government (KSG) on Strategic Leadership Development Program(SLDP) and on Corporate Governance .He was the founder and the first Executive Chairman of The East African Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (EANECE - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi) Network and is a member of International Network of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement(INECE) .
Mr. Malwa began his primary school at Twiga primary school in TransNzoia County ,Matunda and Ndabarnachi primary schools in Uasin Gishu County.He went to Nakuru High School for for his “O” and “ A” levels before proceeding to the University of Nairobi.
As the Director of Compliance and Enforcement at NEMA, he worked closely with the late Hon. John Michuki on the first clean up intervention for Nairobi Rivers from Dagoretti (Slaughter houses ) to the current Michuki Park.
Benjamin was in charge of formulating , Water Quality Regulations of 2006, Waste Management regulations of 2006, Noise and Excessive vibrations of 2009 ,Air Quality Regulations of 2014, Electronic Waste Guidelines , Asbestos Waste Management Guidelines , Harmonized Environmental Inspection and Investigation Manual for East Africa and also part of the team that formulated and amended Environmental Management & Coordination Act of 1999(EMCA 1999). He was incharge of drafting the current Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment(SEIA)Guidelines in Kenya.
He has consulted for Food Agricultural Organization (FAO ) Kenya and World Resources Institute (WRI) on GCF Climate Change funded programs in Kenya. He is a regulatory compliance advisor in Sugar Industries, Distilleries, steel Millers and Mineral Extractive Industries on matters Environmental Pollution Control.
Mr. Langwen is a Lead Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Expert of registration No. 1736 with NEMA, Chairman , Board of Management of Lukenya girls school of Excellence (Machakos County) a member of Environment & Planning Working group of Environment and Lands Court in Kenya and the Current Chairman of Environment Society of Kenya (ESOK)