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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...
Yvonne Ekiru
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Reintroduce corporal punishment in schools -Turkana KNUT Secretary tells MOE
Turkana KNUT, General secretary Peter Ewaat has called on the Ministry of Education and lawmakers to amend a law that will see...
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...
Turkana Guardian Reporter
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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...
Yvonne Ekiru
2 min read


COP26: Two worlds talked past each other – or never even met
Photo: Courtesy At the 2021 UN climate change conference in Glasgow, moving between the corporate slickness of the official “Blue Zone”...
Ian Scoones for The Conversation
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Maurice Lokwaliwa, a water engineer explains the swelling lakes phenomenon
As COP26 -- UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, UK, enters the second week, the local tourism sector in Turkana is hardest hit by...
turkanaguardian
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Swelling Lake Turkana In-Pictures
The water levels at Lake Turkana have been rising for over a year. The waters have eaten into the hospitality leading to losses amounting...
turkanaguardian
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We need press freedom ahead of 2022 elections, Turkana Media fraternity says
As the world commemorated the International Day to End Impunity for crimes against Journalists, journalists in Turkana were not left...
Yvonne Ekiru
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Hospitality industry counts losses as Lake Turkana swells
The Continual rising of water levels in Lake Turkana has caused losses amounting to millions of Shillings to the residents and...
Yvonne Ekiru
2 min read
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