[2][3][4] He was appointed as the first chairman of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), a government agency intended to address and reduce inter-ethnic conflicts.

In 1984, he joined expeditions with Charles Cable who introduced him to the National Museum of Kenya (NMK) where he met and began to work with Richard Leakey.

The West Turkana Archaeological Project, which he co-directed with the then WTAP director Helene Roche, is still making important contributions to the knowledge and understanding of stone-tool technology in early human evolution.

[8] He was the founding chairman of the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC),[9]: 6–26  an institution that was created after the 2007–2008 post-election violence by the Kofi Annan Negotiation Team to address and reduce inter-ethnic conflicts and ensure that Kenya does not succumb to a similar situation in the future.

[citation needed] Mzalendo's published works is among many articles on Old Stone Age tool technology and other scientific projects such as: