Pen-Mogi Nyeko’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Jack H. Pen-Mogi Nyeko is a Ugandan veterinarian, academic and academic administrator. He is the vice chancellor of Gulu University, a public university in northern Uganda.

Background and education

He was born in the Northern Region of Uganda on 12 May 1948. He graduated from Makerere University in 1975 with a Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine degree. In 1981, he graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Master of Science degree. His Doctor of Philosophy was obtained from Makerere University in 1988. His field of specialization is molecular parasitology.

Career

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. From 1996 until 2001, he was a member of parliament, representing Kilak County, Gulu District.

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.

Other responsibilities

Pen-Mogi Nyeko has served in the following roles:

• Chairman of Uganda’s National Environment Management Authority since 2013.
• Chairperson of the 18-person Uganda National Council of Higher Education since 2012.
• Member of the Uganda National Examination Board since 2002.

Nyeko is a married father of five adult children. He is a fellow of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences.

Succession table as vice chancellor of Gulu University