Academic Career
Upon his graduation, Saitoti returned to Kenya in 1972, commencing a career as a Mathematics lecturer at the University of Nairobi. One of his contributions was the institutionalization of Mathematics as a discipline in Africa. During the first Pan-African Conference of Mathematicians held in Rabat, Morocco in 1976, Saitoti was involved in the creation of the African Mathematical Union (AMU). He was elected the AMU’s Vice President, a post which he held on up to 1979. By 1983, Saitoti’s academic career was on the rise as associate professor and Head of the Mathematics Department. Outside the academy, Saitoti received several public appointments. On 3 November 1972, the Minister of Labour appointed him as the chairman of the Agricultural Wages Council (AWC). On 4 September 1979, the Minister for Tourism and Wildlife, John Ogutu, also appointed him as a committee member of the Natural Sciences Advisory Research Committee (TNSARC) chaired by Professor S. O. Wandiga. In September 1983, he was appointed chairperson of the Board of Directors for the . He also served in other public capacities as chairman of Mumias Sugar Company]] and the Kenya Commercial Bank.
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