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MP Nanok elected Vice Chair of Pastoralist Parliamentary Group

Turkana West MP Epuyo Nanok has been elected Vice Chairperson of the Pastoralist Parliamentary Group. The elected leaders will drive the...

Climate change destroys the livelihoods of Kenyan pastoralists

Jarso Mokku

Climate change destroys the livelihoods of Kenyan pastoralists

Amid acute and persistent drought, pastoralists in Northern Kenya—and other arid regions of Africa—are in dire straits and hinge hope on...

Ekali Luke

Oldest stone tools confirms Turkana as innovation's home

Oldest stone tool discovered in Lomekwi, Turkana County displayed at the Lodwar Museum. The discovery of the oldest stone tools in...

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MP Nanok elected Vice Chair of Pastoralist Parliamentary Group

Turkana West MP Epuyo Nanok has been elected Vice Chairperson of the Pastoralist Parliamentary Group. The elected leaders will drive the...

Dr. Gilchrist Lokoel

The Sun of Othaya has set!

Kenya's president Mwai Kibaki waves in Nairobi on December 12, 2012, during Jamhuri Day celebrations. PHOTO | AFP One of the brilliant...

Joseph Etabo

Deputy President to grace Turkana Cultural festivals

Deputy President William Ruto has taken its bottom-up economic model campaigns to Turkana County to popularize his ambition of becoming...

Health

0nly 25,000 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Turkana, MOH

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0nly 25,000 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Turkana, MOH

Only 25,564 people out of the targeted 469,000 adults in Turkana have been vaccinated against Covid-19, according to the Ministry of...

Only 10,000 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Turkana-MOH

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Only 10,000 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Turkana-MOH

As Turkana County gears up to host thousands of visitors during the Tobong'u Lore celebrations, only 10,108 of the residents have been...

Joseph Etabo

Cultural-sensitive birth stool increases hospital deliveries

Rachael Nakali is a resident of Nariamawoi village in Kalokol, Turkana County. She understands the pain and struggles that women who...

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Education

How Loya Primary School became a safe haven for girls

Joan Letting for The UN Africa Renewal Magazine

How Loya Primary School became a safe haven for girls

Via UN Africa Renewal http://ow.ly/T8aM50J3xyM Some of the girls who board in the school display their beddings. Loya Primary School is...

Joseph Etabo

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....

Joseph Etabo

Turkana culture hinders girls education

Forum for African Women Educationalists- FAWE Kenya has revealed that major challenges that are a barrier to girl child education in...

Business

Land

Yvonne Ekiru

Artisanal gold miners receive crushing machine

Artisanal miners in Naduat village of Turkana North receive a gold crushing machine from the Turkana County Government It is early in the...

Yvonne Ekiru

Groundnuts farming brings hope to Turkana farmers

A farmer holds groundnuts harvested at Kalemunyang Irrigation Scheme. Meet Josephat Emase, 47, a farmer, at the Kalemunyang Irrigation...

Yvonne Ekiru

Identification of those affected by LAPSSET in Turkana to begin next week, NLC

The identification of persons affected by the LAPSSET project will commence next week, the National Lands Commission County Coordinator...

Kenyan military allocated 9,000ha of land in Turkana County

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Kenyan military allocated 9,000ha of land in Turkana County

Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok chats with Defence Principal Secretary Ibrahim Mohamed during the ceremony. The Kenya Defence Forces KDF...

Joseph Etabo

Landowners registered for LAPSSET project compensation

Multi-agency team demarcating and valuing the land for LAPSSET corridor at Nakukulas, Turkana East. A multi-sectoral agency composed of...

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Indigenous communities raise their voices to secure land rights in northern Kenya

An alliance of indigenous organisations (Photo: IMPACT) Historically, discriminatory land reforms and disregard of the customary tenure...

Gender

Sports

Joseph Etabo

Turkana tops in teenage pregnancies during Covid-19

In light of 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence, Turkana County recorded more than 9000 teenage pregnancies during the...

Yvonne Ekiru

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...

By Moraa Obiria and Kamau Maichuhie for Daily Nation

Kenya: Finland to Help Kenya Fight GBV

Kenya and Finland will soon launch a joint gender-based violence (GBV) response program, a bilateral development that would bolster the...

Kenya hopes to crash Rwanda today at Nyayo Stadium

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Kenya hopes to crash Rwanda today at Nyayo Stadium

Kenya will go head to head with Rwanda today at 4 pm in a FIFA World Cup qualifier at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi. According to the...

Wanyonyi nominated for the World Athletics 2021 Male Rising Star Award

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Wanyonyi nominated for the World Athletics 2021 Male Rising Star Award

PHOTO: Courtesy World under-20 800m champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi is among the five nominees of the World Athletics 2021 Male Rising Star...

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Liverpool Crashes Manchester United

Manchester United has been thrashed by Liverpool 5 goals to nil. Mo Salah humiliated the red devils scoring a hat trick through its...

In-Pictures

Swelling Lake Turkana Lake Turkana has been swelling for a while now eating into the hospitality industry. The impacts of climate change are being felt right here at home. Photo: Gregory Akall	Swelling Lake Turkana Lake Turkana has been swelling for a while now eating into the hospitality industry. The impacts of climate change are being felt right here at home.	Swelling Lake Turkana Lake Turkana has been swelling for a while now eating into the hospitality industry. The impacts of climate change are being felt right here at home.
Swelling Lake Turkana Lake Turkana has been swelling for a while now eating into the hospitality industry. The impacts of climate change are being felt right here at home.	A man herding his sheep outside TISA_edited	Who will quench our thirst?