Jeremiah Kitunda

I was born in the Eastern Province of Kenya and attended primary and high schools in that region from 1975 to 1989. The progress of education here involved a seven-year course from Primary standard One to standard Seven, graduating with a Certificate of primary Education (CPE, 1983), then a four year Ordinary Level education or secondary course from form one to form four graduating in 1987 with Kenya Certificate of Education (K. C. E). The following year I went for Advanced Certificate of Education (K. A. C. E or A-level).

I joined University of Nairobi in 1990 where I was enrolled as a BA student under government scholarship for three years. During my student tenure at the University of Nairobi I worked with various institutions as a Research Assistant, Election observer, Researcher on my own and a high school teacher. In 1993 I graduated with an Upper Second Class Honors Degree (BA). I spend the period between 1993 and 1995 researching on different topics and in various parts of East Africa.

In 1995 I was awarded a government scholarship to enroll at the University of Nairobi for a Master of Arts Degree. Toward the end of that year I received two year-scholarship from Miami University, Ohio (USA) and in 1996 I left Kenya for Miami University, Ohio where I was enrolled for another Master of Arts Degree. In 1998 I graduated with an M.A. Degree in History and the same year completed M.A. Degree at the University of Nairobi. In both cases, my research topics focused on population migration and environmental changes in Ukambani, a region in Eastern Province of Kenya.

I enrolled for a Ph.D. program in history in 1999 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where I have been working on a dissertation research in environmental issues of the Great Lakes of East Africa with specific focus on the spread of water weeds on Lake Victoria.