Dr. Pamela Muhadia Ngugi is a Senior Lecturer and HoD at the Department of Kiswahili and African languages, Kenyatta University, Kenya. She holds a PhD in Kiswahili Literature ( Children`s Literature) (2010) and a Post – Doc Degree (2015) from the University of Vienna, Austria. Her main research interests include Children‘s Literature, Kiswahili Language and Sociolinguistics. She teaches at the university’s department of Kiswahili having students from both, undergraduate and postgraduate level. She is also an author of Children‘s story books in Kiswahili. She is currently in the team that is working towards establisheing the National Kiswahili Council in conjuction with the Ministry of Culture and Sports in Kenya. She is a member of the Kiswahili Global Association ( CHAUKIDU), East African Kiswahili Association- Kenya (CHAKAMA) and the National Kiswahili Association (CHAKITA). She has published widely in the area of Children’s Literature and has presented at international conferences in the country and abroad. She is a mentor to undergraduate and Post graduate Students.