James Kuloba
Director culture
- DEPARTMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS
- Construction of two community cultural centers; Ekalees Cultural Centre and Lokiriama Peace and Cultural Centre. The latter done in collaboration with IOM
- Constructed County Public Library
- The County Participated in the Inter-County Regional and National competitions in 2015 held at Kapsabet and Kisumu City respectively
- 141 Cultural groups registered with the State Department of Culture
- Mapping of Turkana County sites and monuments; Namorutung’a (Kalokol and Lokori), Losagam and Lokori Rock art
- Establishment of Turkana Council of Elders; 73 members registered
- Fencing and erection of the Statue of the Nariokotome Turkana Boy Monument in collaboration with Turkana Basin Institute together with National Museums of Kenya
- Gazettement of Nariokotome site as a National Monument
- Coordinated annual cultural event (Tobong’u Lore) for the years; 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
- Formation of National Traditional Health Practitioners Association (NATHEPA) Turkana County Committee
Drafted County Policy on Culture, Heritage and the Arts and a Bill on Management of Ekalees Cultural Centre