Title/Qualifications: Ph.D Department/Unit/Section: Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science Contact Address: Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Kenyatta. University, Box 43844-00100 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Cell phone:+254 722-387 299 Position: Associate Professor Download Full CV ORCID NUMBER: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8485-7313 GOOGLE SCHOLAR: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cnf6iOcAAAAJ&hl=en

Books / Lecture Notes

• SMA 102 Basic Mathematics, Module for Kenyatta University Open Learning, vetted, Published, (IOL), 2002
• SLC 005 Mathematics, Module for Kenyatta University Open Learning, vetted, Published, (IOL), 2002

Research Papers

• Aurise Nyoyunguruza, Leo Odiwuor Odongo, Euna Nyarige, Alexis Habineza and Abdisalam Hassan Muse (2023). Marshall-Olkin Exponentiated Frechet Distribution. Journal of Data Analysis and Information Processing, 11: 262-292. Website : https://www.scrip.org/journal/daip
• Mohamed Kpangay, Leo O. Odongo and Orwa George O.(2022). An extended Kumaraswamy-Gull alpha power exponential distribution: properties and application to real data. International Journal of  Mathematics Trends and Technology, 68(8): 72-104  Website : http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 [Cited by 1]
• John Kung’u, Leo Odongo and Ananda Kube(2022). Classical approach to zero-inflated dynamic panel ordered probit model with an application to drug abuse. International Journal of Statistics and Applied Mathematics, 7(2): 1-13  Website: www.mathsjournal.com
• John Kung’u, Leo Odongo and Ananda Kube(2022). Bayesian approach to zero-inflated dynamic panel ordered probit model with an application to drug abuse. American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 11(2): 58-74 Website: www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/ajitas
• P.T. Situma and L. Odongo(2020). Maximum Likelihood estimation of parameters of Poisson-gamma distribution under progressive type I interval censoring. American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 9(2), 14-20. Website: www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/ajitas
• Nelson Christopher Dzupire, Philip Ngare and Leo Odongo (2020). A Copula based bi-variate model for Temperature and Rainfall Processes. Scientific African,8 Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/Scientific-African Website: https://www.scrip.org/html/3-1241116_96656.htp
• W. Ndungu, S. Mwalili and L. Odongo(2019). Hierarchical penalized mixed model. Open Journal of Statistics, 9(6), 657-663
• Nelson Christopher Dzupire, Philip Ngare and Leo Odongo (2019). Pricing Basket Weather Derivatives on Rainfall and Temperature Processes. International Journal of Financial Studies, 7(35) Doi: 3390/ijfs7030035 . www.mdpi.com/journal/ijfs
•  Christ Mpika Moundele, Leo Odongo and Bernedy Nel Messie Kodia Banzouzi (2019). An Estimator of Baseline Intensity by the Methods of Wavelets. Applied Mathematical Sciences, 13(12) 547-558 Website: www.m-hikari.com
•  Claudio C. Kandza-Tadi, Leo O. Odongo and Romanus O. Odhiambo (2018). Parameter Estimation of Power Lomax Distribution Based on Type-II Progressively Hybrid Censoring Scheme. Applied Mathematical Sciences, 12(18) 879-891 Website: www.m-hikari.com
•  Eunice Muchai , Leo Odongo and James Kahiri (2018). Comparison of Crisp and Fuzzy Classification Trees using Chi-squared Impurity Measure on Simulated Data. European Scientific Journal, 14 (35), 351.Website: http://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/pages/view/submission
• Nelson Christopher Dzupire, Philip Ngare and Leo Odongo (2018). Levy Process Based Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Temperature Model with Time varying Speed of Mean Reversion. Advances and Applications in Statistics, 53(3), 199-224. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/AS053030199
• Nelson Christopher Dzupire, Philip Ngare and Leo Odongo (2018). A Poisson-Gamma Model for Zero-Inflated Rainfall Data. Journal of Probability and Statistics. Article ID1012467. Website: https//doi.org/10.1155/2018/1012467
• Ibrahim Sawadogo, Leo Odongo, Ibrahim Ly (2018). Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Parameters of Exponentiated Generalized Weibull Based on Progressive Type II Censored Data. . Open Journal of Statistics, 6, 1138-1154. Websitehttp://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojs.2017.76067
•  Joseph Nderitu Gitahi, John Kung’u, Leo Odongo (2017). Estimation of the Parameters of Poisson-Exponential Distribution Based on Progressively Type II Censoring Using the Expectation Maximization (EM) Algorithm. . American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics 6(3), 141-149. Website: www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/ajitas
• Sarah Pyeye, Charles K. Syengo, Leo Odongo, George O. Orwa and Romanus O. Odhiambo(2016). Imputation Based on Local Linear Regression for Nonnmonotone Nonrespondents in Longitudinal Surveys. Open Journal of Statistics, 6, 1138-1154. Website:  http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojs.2016.66092
• Mukangai, J. I. and Odongo, L. O.(2016). Estimating Survivor Function Using Adjusted Product Limit Estimator in the Presence of Ties. American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics ,5(5), 290-296. Website:  http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/ajtas
• Anakeya, D..A., Keli R., Makwata H., Kahiri J .and Odongo L.O.(2015). Effects of Response Errors on Population Parameters in Double Sampling for Stratification. Science Journal of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 3(2), 27-32 Website: http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/sjams
• Sanna Majang, Abdou Ka Diongue and Leo Odongo.(2014). Modeling and Forecasting Gambia’s Inflation Rates. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 6(10), 129-138. Website: www.ccsenet.org/ijef
• Opeyo P.O., Olubusoye, O.E. and Leo O. Odongo. (2014). Conditional Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Logit Panel Models with Non-Responses. International Journal of Science and Research, 3(7) 2242-2254. Website: www.ijsr.net
• Eunice Muchai and Leo Odongo.(2014). Comparison of Crisp and Fuzzy Classification Trees using Gini Index Impurity Measure on Simulated Data. European Scientific Journal, 10(18) 130-134.Website:  http://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/pages/view/submission
• Tum E. C., Kung’u J. and Odongo L. O. (2014). New Regression Type Estimator with Two Auxiliary Variables for Single-Phase Sampling. Open Journal of Statistics, 4, 789-796. Website: www.scirp.org/journal/ojs
• Kung’u, J., Chumba, G, and Odongo, L.(2014). Mixture Regression Estimator using Multi Auxiliary Variables and Attributes in Two-Phase Sampling. Open Journal of Statistics, 4, 355-366.Website: www.scirp.org/journal/ojs
• Kung’u, J. and Odongo, L. (2014). Ratio-cum- Product Estimator using Multiple Auxiliary Attributes in Single Phase Sampling. Open Journal of Statistics, 4, 239-245.Website: www.scirp.org/journal/ojs
• Kung’u J. and Odongo L. (2014). Ratio-cum- Product Estimator using MULTIPLE Auxiliary Attributes in Two-Phase Sampling. Open Journal of Statistics, 4, 246-266.Website: www.scirp.org/journal/ojs
• Omwonylee, Joseph Okello, Diongue, Abdou K.A. and Odongo. Leo Odiwuor. (2014). Modelling internally Displaced Persons’(IDP) Time to Resuming their Ancestral Homes after IDPs’ Camps in Northern Uganda using Parametric Methods. International Journal of Science and Research, 125-131.Website: www.ijsr.net
• Biwott K. Daniel and Odongo O. Leo. (2013). Generalized Estimation of Missing Observations in Nonlinear Time Series model using State Space Representation. American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 2013, 2(2), 21-28.Website: www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/ajitas
• Karoki, Samuel, Jolesama James and Odongo Leo. (2013). Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Thickness and Loading Parameters of the Birnbaum Saunders Life Distribution under Type II censored Samples. STARS: International Journal (Science), 7(1) 10-19.
• Muga, Zablon Maua, Orwa G. O., Otieno, R.O. and Odongo, L.O. (2013). Effects of Outliers on Estimation of Finite Population Totals. International Journal of Engineering, Science and Mathematics, 2(1): 160-176.Website: www.ijmra.us
• Muga, Zablon Maua, Orwa G. O., Otieno, R.O. and Odongo, L.O. (2013). Comparison of the Ratio Estimate to the Local Linear Polynomial Estimate of Finite Population Totals. International Journal of Engineering, Science and Mathematics, 2(1): 185-202.Website: www.ijmra.us
• Odero, Everlyne Akoth, Leo Odongo and Fancis Onsongo (2013). Investigation of the Effect of Education on Fertility among Women in Kakamega North District, Kakamega County, Kenya. International Journal of physical and Social Sciences, 3(10): 399-412 Website: www.ijmra.us
• Odero Everlyne Akoth, Leo Odongo and Francis Onsongo (2013). The Relationship Between Level of sexuality of Women of different levels of Education and Fertility in Kakamega North District, Kenya. International Journal of physical and Social Sciences, 3(10): 413-434Website: www.ijmra.us
• Odero Everlyne Akoth, Leo Odongo and Francis Onsongo (2013). Contraceptive Use by Women of different levels of Education and Fertility in Kakamega North District, Kenya. International Journal of physical and Social Sciences, 3(10), 435-456Website: www.ijmra.us
• Karoki, S., Odongo, L. and Kahiri, J. (2012). Model- Based Nonparametric Estimation of the Finite Population Total under Two-Stage Cluster Samplings, East African Journal of Statistics, 5(1): 82-96Website: www.ajol.info/index.php/eajosta
• Kahiri, J.M.., Odongo, L. and Karoki, S. G. (2012). Single-stage Cluster Sampling with Binary Misclassification Errors, East African Journal of Statistics, 5(1): 58-81Website: www.ajol.info/index.php/eajosta
• Lillian A. Oluoch and Leo O. Odongo (2012). Jackknife Variance Estimation of Uniformly Minimum Variance Unbiased Estimates and the Maximum Likelihood Estimates for the Gamma Probability Density Function. International Journal of Science and Research, 3(8)2081-2087 .Website: www.ijsr.net
• Okango A. A. and Odongo. L.O. (2011). Asymptotic Linear Estimation of he Quantile Function of the Double Exponential Distribution Based on Selected Order Statistics, East African Journal of Statistics, 5(1), 1-25. Website: www.ajol.info/index.php/eajosta
• Orwa, G.O., Otieno. R.O. and Odongo, L.O. (2010). Nonparametric Estimation in Two Stage Cluster Sampling, Far East Journal of Mathematical Sciences (FJMS), 43(1): 165-182.Website: www.pphmj.com.journals/articles/669.htm
• Robert, K. and Odongo, L.O. (2007). Bayesian Estimation of the Parameters of the Birnbaum-Saunders Distribution, East African Journal of Statistics, 1(3): 248-260.Website: www.ajol.info/index.php/eajosta
• Odongo, L.O. (2005). A Note on Nonparametric Confidence Interval for a Shift Parameter for Cauchy Distribution, East African Journal of Statistics,.1(1): 1-8.Website: www.ajol.info/index.php/eajosta
• Odongo, L.O. and M. Samanta, (2002). A Bayesian test for equality of scale parameters of several exponential distributions, Journal of Agriculture Science and Technology, 4 (1): 75-82.Website: www.jkuat.ac.ke
• Odongo, L.O. and M. Samanta. (1993). On estimation of a functional of a probability density function. Calcutta Statistical Association Bulletin, 43 (169-170): 13-23. Website: www.calcuttastatisticalassociation.org/bulletinTopics.php?XbTopicID=4