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Stop disturbing our dead! Religious leaders tell oil giants in Tanzania and Uganda
At least 2,000 unmarked graves were destroyed, interfered with or just disrespected along the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)...
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Betrayed by his best friend!
The late President Thomas Sankara Photo: Courtesy Thomas Sankara was so beloved by his people that even after he died, a note was left at...
Yvonne Ekiru
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Christmas comes early for inmates at Lodwar GK prison
Michael Lokwara an ex-inmate sews clothes for his customers. Christmas season is always a season to show love to the needy people or less...
Joseph Etabo
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Herdsboy's painful pursuit for education
Antoine Griezmann once said, “with hard work and effort, you can achieve anything.” This philosophy is what Shadrack Lope believes in....
Joan Letting
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Cancer: The monster that devoured my mother
Photo:Courtesy She sits pensively staring into the clear sky. Today marks exactly ten years since her mother succumbed to what she terms...
Yvonne Ekiru
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Open defecation is still a norm in Turkana
“Why should I build a toilet and yet I have no food?” asked Francis Ebor He is 49 years, disabled with no toilet at his home in Kawalase...
Yvonne Ekiru
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Relocate to avert pollution, Kalokol fish traders told
Photo: Courtesy Kalokol Town is 58km from Lodwar Town on the Western shores of Lake Turkana. Fishing activities are the main source of...
Turkana Guardian Reporter
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Where donkey meat is a delicacy and wonder-drug
In other parts of the country, the donkey is considered a means of transport but for the Turkana people, it is more than that. Some of...
Yvonne Ekiru
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Livestock vaccination drive launched as drought bites hard
As drought ravages most parts of the counties in Asal areas, James Ekamais is not ready to take chances. He lives in Kapua area, Kalokol...
Yvonne Ekiru
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Turkana women now embrace farming to improve their livelihoods
It is early Thursday morning. The bright sun has risen. The terrain in Turkana County is mostly dry and rocky. Loose soils, devoid of...
Joan Letting
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The lady who penned her eulogy
Hers was a beautiful story. A story of resilience, a story of hard work, a story of love and a story of pain. That is the story of Janet...
Agbaje Ayomide for ClimateTracker.org
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Climate change drowns refugee camps in Nigeria
View of an area affected by flood with rainwater at the IDP camp in Markurdi, Benue. Photo: Agbaje Ayomide In 2020, 65-year-old Esther...
Andy Dixon for Runner's World
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10 reasons why Eliud Kipchoge is the greatest marathon runner of all time
Photo: Courtesy Eliud Kipchoge’s history-making sub-two-hour marathon in Vienna in October 2019 is justifiably famous. But a new...
Joan Letting
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Rapid growth in hospitality industry in Lodwar
Lodwar town is experiencing a rapid spur and growth of the hospitality industry. The Capital City of Turkana County, which currently...
Joan Letting
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Lodwar dispensary holds Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s memories
Just behind the emergency room in Lodwar County Referral Hospital stands a jewel. The hospital which sits near the Central Business...
Steven Ariong
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Ekicholong: The Stool with many uses
By Steven Ariong Karamoja, Uganda Whenever visitors go for tour in Karamoja or Turkana region, many of them get excited when they see...
Zacheaus Otaba
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Etirae (Prosopis juliflora) not all gloom
By Zacheaus Otaba (2015) Turkana County has been invaded by Prosopis juliflora, locally known as Etirae or Mathenge. The bushy plant has...
Robert Kariuki
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Killer wells
By Robert Kariuki (2015) Lobei/Kotaruk ward is part of the large Loima sub-county in Turkana County. This region is blessed with fresh...
Steven Ariong
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Moroto, a district named after pythons
By Steven Ariong (2015) Moroto, UGANDA Moroto district is a mother of seven districts that constitute Karamoja sub-region and in the...
Steven Ariong
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Reconstructive surgery gives hope of life to FGM victim
By Steven Ariong (2015) Photo by Institute of Current World Affairs Amudat, UGANDA Tegla Chepolukuma was just 14 years old when her...
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