The late Prof Calestous Juma.[Photo/the-star.co.ke]

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President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to grace the memorial service of the late Prof. Calestous Juma's

Juma, a scholar at Havard University died last months barely a week after his mother was burried.

The service is expected to to be graced by International scholars at the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi.

Juma, born on June 9, 1953.

At the time of his death, he was Professor of the Practice of International Development at Harvard Kennedy School and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at the Belfer Center.

Juma attended Port Victoria Primary School and John Osogo High School where he excelled in science and football and founded the school newspaper.

He graduated from Egoji Teachers’ College in Meru in 1974, and became a science teacher in Mombasa