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Kenya: Pokot Warriors Turn to Farming After Abandoning Cattle Rustling
Nation, 7 November 2020
Pokot warriors have put down their guns and embraced farming as an alternative source of their livelihood. Read more »
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Kenya: How Fishing at Turkwel Dam Has Restored Peace in Pokot
Nation, 6 November 2020
There is a place called Kosovo, but it is not the one in Southeastern Europe. It is in Kenya, in Riting and Reres areas in West Pokot County. Read more »
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Kenya: Agency Warns of Looming Dam Spill as 300,000 Set to Lose Homes
Nation, 2 November 2020
Hopes were high when the government pumped Sh6 billion into Turkwel hydro-power project in West Pokot County, but three decades down the line, it's an accident waiting to happen. Read more »
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Kenya: Looming Turkwel Dam Spill Threatening 30,000 Households in Turkana
Nation, 22 October 2020
An estimated 30,000 households in Turkana County risk a humanitarian crisis as authorities warn of looming floods due to an expected spill over at the Turkwel hydro-power dam. Read more »
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Kenya: Thousands of Fish Killed in River Tana's Environmental Disaster
Nation, 24 September 2020
More than 1,000 fish of different varieties have died in one of the biggest environmental catastrophies to hit the River Tana. Read more »
Fishing for Peace in Kenya's Pokot Area
Kenya's Riting and Reres areas in West Pokot County have been nicknamed Kosovo, for the bloodshed that the community has endured for decades, due to cattle rustling and banditry. The government has tried various initiatives to try and end the conflict. What has been most effective though in restoring peace, is, wait for it, fishing. Turkana and Pokot communities have taken advantage of the Turkwel Dam to get water for the ponds. The county government has even set up the Turkwel Beach Management Unit (BMU). The project has also boosted security in the region because the young men who used to engage in cattle rustling, now focus on fishing to earn a living, according to BMU's manager, Lopuo Lotelekwang.
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Fishing businesses in Turkana, Kenya, have many challenges - much of government support is not reaching these indigenous fishing communities, forcing them to sell their catches ... Read more »
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Naremiet Beach Management Co-operative members in Turkana rely on catching fish to earn a living, and the co-op ensures that jobs are created in the Kenyan community. But Covid-19 ... Read more »
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According to reports, the country has doubled its fish stocks since the launch of the Kenya Coast Services Guards six months ago. Read more »
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All fishermen are prohibited from carrying out their activities in Ras Kamboni and any other areas past Kiunga Town, all of which lay close to the Kenya-Somalia border, according ... Read more »
Miriam Nabwire from Busia County, fries fish caught at Turkwel Dam in West Pokot County at the shores of the dam on October 29.
