As findings from the shores of Lake Turkana prove, the region has been inhabited since the dawn of the very first humans. In the past few centuries, the land has been roamed by various pastoralist peoples who constantly competed for pasture, water and animals. In 1886, the first Europeans to travel through Samburu County, on their way to Lake Turkana, were the Hungarian Count Samuel Teleki and his Austrian companion Ludwig von Höhnel who gave the biggest permanent desert lake the name ‘Lake Rudolf’ (after Prince Rudolf, then archduke of the Austria-Hungary Empire). The name stuck until the 1970s, when it was officially renamed Lake Turkana.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Offering general diagnostic or other laboratory services in a medical laboratory.
• Offering blood transfusion services.
• Supervising safe Laboratory waste disposal.
• Carrying out efficacy tests: Initiating requisition proposals and undertaking technical evaluation for laboratory supplies/equipment
• Mentoring and coaching of Student on attachment.
• Submitting samples to reference Laboratories and Institutes for further analysis
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time.

Terms of Service: Contract Terms (three years renewable)

REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENT

• Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences from Kenya Medical Training College or any other Institution recognized by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board.
• Be registered by the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board as a Registered Medical Laboratory Technologists.
• Valid Practicing License from the Medjcal Laboratory Technicians and Technologist Board of Kenya