A group of Turkana women in Lomokori village waiting for relief food to be distributed by PACIDA. [Mike Ekutan, Standard]Hundreds of pastoralists in Turkana County are living in abject misery after returning from Uganda. The pastoralists moved to the border months ago after the Ugandan government launched a security operation in response to the killing of government officials. Michael Etoot, 35, told The Standard that he is slowly losing his livestock since he returned to Lomokori village, on the Kenya - Uganda border, owing to the severe drought that is still hitting Turkana. “We pastoralists have really felt the effect of drought in Turkana.

Source: Standard Digital May 29, 2022 21:20 UTC