Ratemo Michieka Explained

Ratemo Michieka
Nationality:Kenyan
Order:1st Vice Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Term Start:1989
Term End:2003
Successor:Nick Wanjoi
Birth Place:Kisii, Kisii District, Nyanza province, Kenya

Ratemo Michieka is a former director-general of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) in Kenya; he is also the founding Vice-Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.[1]

For a long time, Michieka worked in education and agricultural policy in Eastern Africa. He earned a doctorate in weed science from Rutgers University. He returned to his native Kenya, where he taught and later became chairman of the Department of Crop Science at the University of Nairobi. In 1994, he was named vice chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology in Nairobi, Kenya, a post equivalent to a U.S. university president. He held the post until he was appointed Director General of the National Environmental Management Authority.[2]

Politics

In 2008 Ratemo Michieka ran for the parliamentary seat of Nyaribari Masaba. He came in third behind Prof. Sam Ongeri and Dr. Hezron Manduku.

References

3. Rutgers university hall of distinguished alumni http://www.alumni.rutgers.edu/news/hda.php?show=138

4. Kyoto protocol compliance committee http://unfccc.int/files/kyoto_mechanisms/compliance/application/pdf/cc-1-2006-4.pdf

Notes and References

  1. http://www.timesnews.co.ke/20jun06/nwsstory/news13.html Kibaki makes appointments
  2. Daily Nation, March 26, 2003: "Cheserem, Eshiwani sacked in major shake-up of govt institutions"