Ratemo Michieka

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]

Ratemo Michieka
1st Vice Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
In office
1989–2003
Succeeded byNick Wanjoi
Personal details
BornKisii, Kisii District, Nyanza province, Kenya
NationalityKenyan

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
  1. Kibaki makes appointments Archived 2006-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Daily Nation, March 26, 2003: "Cheserem, Eshiwani sacked in major shake-up of govt institutions"

3. Rutgers university hall of distinguished alumni

4. Kyoto protocol compliance committee


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