Zaiko Eleman

• Translated complex technical issues into digestible language for non-technical users.
• Managed high levels of call flow and responded to staff technical support needs.
• Configured hardware and granted system permissions to new employees.
• Diagnosed and troubleshot hardware, software and network issues.
• Installed and configured operating systems and applications.
• Configured and tested new software and hardware.

2022-2023 Conducted collaborative work within the project " PAPER VOLCANOES LAB: A way to engage early childhood and primary school children on Earth Science" awarded by INGV on 2020 funded by IUGG and supported by IAVCEI within the priority area Geoscience education and outreach in developing countries. Within the project helped to deliver workshop titled " The encounter between Turkana and science knowledge" helping to bridge the geological background to the Turkana cultural knowledge, conducted bibliography research of Turkana geological setting and created a map using ArcGIS software, summarised traditional Turkana stories of mountain of fires, collected geo-tagged data for recent/active volcanic mountains within the Kenyan rift, plotted the data on a created geological units map.

2017 January to June, conducted rigorous borehole geophysical surveys in the 6 Turkana subcounties, facilitating the drilling of 100 boreholes countywide to enhance clean water accessibility for residents. Drafted detailed survey reports, executed field studies, including material sampling and analysis during drilling, achieving an 80% success rate. The 20% of dry wells were predominantly due to drilling equipment limitations in penetrating complex geological formations within certain sub-counties.

Led the drilling team in remote Turkana West areas near the Ugandan border at Tulabalany, Lokangae, and surrounding regions, achieving a 90% success rate.

In June 2022, aided the Director of Water and Mineral Resources in rectifying 180 BOQ documents. Conducted a thorough recalculation and correction of project budgets, producing a detailed movement plan for the county drilling plant within a week. Achieved 100% accuracy in correcting budget figures to align with the county budget. Formulated a robust map plan facilitating the successful drilling of 180 proposed boreholes, enabling the drilling team to achieve an average of 2 boreholes per day. Increased drilling rates by minimizing the distance between borehole sites, thereby optimizing drilling operation time.

In 2021, assigned to the team tasked with verifying and aligning the Proposed Road Map for the Formation of Turkana Urban Water and Sewerage Public Limited Company and the Formation of Turkana Rural Water Services Public Limited Company by the Ministry of Water Services, Environment, and Mineral Resources. Successfully developed a Roadmap within 5 working days, achieving a 100% implementation success rate for our proposed plan