User:Julius Koome/Koome Julius Marangu

Koome Julius Marangu (born 1975) is a Kenyan specialist in coordination of humanitarian and health programmes working with National AIDs Control Council as regional coordinator in Central province Kenya. He is among few notable  Kenyans who has disclosed to be living with dyslexia and is championing for a dyslexia awareness among communities.

Early life and Education
Koome Julius was born in Meru County, year 1975. After attending local primary and secondary schools, he was admitted to the University of Nairobi(UoN)-Chiromo Campus where he graduated with a BSc degree in Biological Science. In 2003, he trained as Biology and Chemistry teacher at Kenyatta University (KU) before achieving his master’s degree in project management from University of Nairobi. He is currently pursing his second master’s in molecular biology at Meru University of Science and Technology owing to his passion in Biology.

Career
Koome first vocation was with CARE International in Dadaab refugee camps Kenya as an Refugee education officer, later being promoted to the Refugee Assistance Programmer( RAP)as a Monitoring and Evaluation officer.

He subsequently joined the National AIDs Control Council (NACC) as a Regional Programmer Monitoring and Evaluation in charge of the Northeastern Province. In 2012, he was promoted and transferred to the Coast province as the Regional Coordinator.

Currently, Koome is working with NACC as regional coordinator in the Eastern Province Kenya.