He is the Deputy Regional Planner in the Department of Physical Planning, within the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development of Uganda. He is responsible for planning administration in nine western districts, out ofa total of 33 in the country. Mr. Werikhe is also Managing Director of INFOTERRA, an international referral system for sources of environmental information, run by the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP).

Mr. Werikhe holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology (1979) from Makerere University and a Master's degree in Environmental Planning for Developing Countries (1985) from the University of Nottingham, UK.