Honour finds Kenya’s oldest fossil hunter Kamoya Kimeu

Kamoya Kimeu with Richard Leakey and Isaiah Nengo

Kamoya Kimeu (centre) with Richard Leakey and Isaiah Nengo at the same convocation ceremony. PHOTO | TURKANA BASIN INSTITUTE 

On an overcast Sunday afternoon in May 2021, a small gathering of people watched in Nairobi as the one of the world’s most successful fossil finders was awarded a PhD degree.

Kamoya Kimeu, 81, received an honorary Doctor of Science from the Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) of Ohio, US, in a ceremony administered by renowned paleoanthropologist, Dr Richard Leakey.