Background
He was born in the Northern Region of Uganda on 12 May 1948.
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Pen-Mogi Nyeko
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Education
He attended Makerere University, graduating in 1975 with the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine. He then transferred to the University of Nairobi, where he obtained the degree of Master of Science, in 1981. His degree of Doctor of Philosophy was obtained from Makerere University in 1988.
Career
He is the current vice chancellor of Gulu University, a public university located in northern Uganda. His field of specialization is molecular parasitology. He started his career in 1987, as a Principal Research Entomologist, in the Uganda Tsetse Control Department, working there until 1991.
From 1993 until 1996, he worked as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, at Makerere University.
In 1994, he was nominated by the President of Uganda to become a delegate of the Constituent Assembly, which wrote and ratified the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. In 2001 a Technical Task Force was appointed to set up Gulu University.
Professor Nyeko was appointed Chairman of that four-person task force. When the university opened in 2002, he became the founding vice chancellor of the institution.
The third public university to be established in the country.
Professor Pen-Mogi Nyeko serves and has served in many roles in and out of academia and government, including in these capacities:
As the chairman of Uganda"s National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), from, 2013 until the present. As the chairperson of the 18-person Uganda National Council of Higher Education (UNCHE), beginning in 2012 until the present. As a Board Member, Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB), starting in 2002 until the present.
Professor Nyeko is a married father of 5 adult children.
He is a Fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS).
Membership
From 1996 until 2001, he was a member of parliament, representing Kilak County, Gulu District.
