He earned his E.Ed. and M.A. at Kenyatta University and another M.A. and Ph.D. a Rice University. Dr. Owino specializes in the social history of African soldiers during the pre-colonial and colonial periods. He has taught African history at Egerton University, Kenya and Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, PA. He has been a visiting professor at Stanford University and an adjunct professor at Texas Southern University.