| Ratemo Michieka | |
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| 1st Vice Chancellor J.K.U.A.T | |
| In office 1989–2003 |
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| Succeeded by | Nick Wanjoi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kisii, Kisii District, Nyanza Province, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
Ratemo Michieka is a former director-general of the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) in Kenya, and founding Vice-Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.[1]
He for a long time worked in education and agricultural policy in eastern Africa. He earned three Rutgers’ degrees, including a master’s in agricultural education and vocational technical agriculture, and a doctorate in weed science. 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 2003, when he shifted to the ministry on environment.[2]
Prof. Michieka chairs the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), considered the finest of its kind in Africa, and the Kenya Education Network. He has held administrative positions at the World Bank and the United Nations Environment Program. He also has consulted for CARE and the Swedish International Development Agency. In 1997, the Cook College Alumni Association honored Prof. Michieka with the George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Award.
In 2008 Ratemo Michieka ran for the parliamentary seat of Nyaribari Masaba. He came in third behind Prof.Sam Ongeri and Dr.Hezron Manduku.
3. Rutgers university hall of distinguished alumni [1]
4. Kyoto protocol compliance committee [2]