years_active religion birth_place citizenship nationality ethnicity title birth_date known_for residence article_title name occupation alma_mater
1988 -- present christian kenya kenya kenyan kikuyu vice chancellor '' ` kenyatta university '' ' 1956 yes administrative skills , body of work nairobi , kenya olive mugenda
 olive mugenda academic & academic administrator '' of education -rrb- '' ` iowa state university '' ' ` -lrb- master of science -rrb- -lrb- doctor of philosophy -rrb- university '' ` eastern and southern african management institute '' ' of -lrb- master of business administration -rrb- nairobi '' ' -lrb- bachelor
olive mugenda

olive mwihaki mugenda is a kenyan academic , researcher and academic administrator .
she is the vice chancellor of kenyatta university , one of the 22 public universities in kenya , the largest economy in the east african community .
she was appointed to that position in 2006 , the first woman to lead a public university in the african great lakes area .
