Kameeta studied at the Paulinum Seminary at Otjimbingwe from 1968 to 1971. He was ordained as a minister of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1972, and taught at the Paulinum Seminary from 1973, serving as its principal 1976–77. Kameeta served as a parish minister in
Lüderitz from 1978 to 1981. He was elected vice-president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1982 and deputy bishop in 1985. From 2003 to 2010 he also served as the
Lutheran World Federation's vice-president for the Africa region. Kameeta is an exponent of
liberation theology. He is best known for his rendition of
Psalm 23 which he wrote in 1973: This poem was later published in his
Why, O Lord?: Psalms and Sermons from Namibia (
Augsburg Fortress, 1986) and included in
Pocket Prayers for Peace and Justice (
Church House Publishing, 2004). ==Political work==