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Ratemo Michieka | |
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1st Vice Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology | |
In office 1989–2003 | |
Succeeded by | Nick Wanjoi |
Personal details | |
Born | 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]