Prof Jacob Kaimenyi holds a PhD in Dentistry from the University of Nairobi. He is the first full professor of periodontology at the university.
Before his appointment, he was the Deputy Vice – Chancellor in charge of Academic Affairs at the university.
Born in 1952, Prof Kaimenyi is a member of the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board and a trustee of Regina Pacis University College — A constituent College of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa.
He is an Honorary Fellow of theInternational College of Dentists.
He has previously served as the president of the Commonwealth Dental Association and headed the National Dental Unit at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Prof Jacob Kaimenyi is married with five children.