Boniface Mwangis project in Nothern

Kenya
In the Turkana, district of northwest Kenya, the food-insecurity situation is worsening.
Due to a lack of long-term agricultural development, a failure of integrating pastoral communities in national
economies and government, a lack of infrastructure and access to markets and a regional instabilty, the Turkana
Is becoming the poorest region of Kenya.
Asibitar Lomaindi fetching water at River Turkwell in Northern Turkana.
A boy drinking water at Kalobeyei water point in North Turkana, Kenya.
Turkana girls walking home after fetching water at Kaloboyei water point in North Turkana, Kenya. Kaloboyei, a highly insecure area
in North-west Turkana a town that border Uganda and South Sudan.
A boy fetches water at Kalobeyei water point in North Turkana, Kenya.
A boy fetches water at Kalobeyei water point in North Turkana, Kenya.
The traditional nomadic life of the pastoralist is coming under increasing pressure in northern
Kenya from repeated droughts, large families, cattle rustling and political marginalization. With
an illiteracy rate of 78 percent most Turkanas are not aware of any alternative to their pastoral
nomad struggle for existence.
A woman from the remote Turkana tribe in Northern Kenya fetches water from a hole she has dug at a dried up river bed in Kataboi
in North Turkana.
Cows drinking water at Ekekoa. Ekekoa is a highly insecure area in North-west Turkana a town that border Uganda and South
Sudan.
A boy playing at the dried riverbed of seasonal Kawalase river in lodwar town, the district headquarters of Turkana.
KWS ranger Simon Wachira at Central Island National park, Crocodile crater. The park is within Lake Turkana. All the three parks
within the lake are listed as a UNESCO heritage site. Lake Turkana is referred as the cradle of mankind because the most famous
fossils of early humans have been found their.
Vido / Director of the Association Friends of Lake Turkana
Ikal Angelei- Program Coordinator Friends of lake Turkana
> There is a lot of illegal guns but for as long as the government will not provide security to people, the people
see the need to secure themselves. Until we are able actually to come up
with structures.
> But again the governments obligation is to provide security. Peace it is an all different issue that meant they
have to work together to attain. But peace without an economic aspect will never be attained. So we have to be
able to understand and state to recognize and to discuss peace and economy development.

Children looking after livestock in Kaloboyei, a highly insecure area in North-west Turkana a town that border Uganda and South
Sudan. It is common to see children who are about four years and upwards tending large herds, leading them to whatever pasturage
may be found and later guiding them to water holes.
Loperuto Ipoo Ewoton a Kenya police reservist holding his broken gun. In most of Turkana, KPR are the only police presence. They
area non-paid security force who rely on the government to provide them with guns and bullets but most of the time they have to
bribe to get supplies.
A Kenya police reservist loads bullet in the magazine. In most of Turkana, KPR are the only police presence.
Armed with obsolete rifles, they are the first line of defence against bandits and cattle raiders.
A police reservist providing security to cattle herders in Kaloboyei, a highly insecure area in North-west Turkana a town that border
Uganda and South Sudan.. The reservist is paid by the cattle owner to provide security.
A herds boy at Kalaboyei watering point, a highly insecure area in North-west Turkana, a town that border Uganda and South Sudan.
Most herders prefer illegally arming themselves to protect their livestock from cattle rustlers.
A skull of a person who was killed by Ethiopian Merille raiders early this year in Kokuro. Turkana's do not bury people killed by
raiders and the bodies are left in the field to be eaten by hyenas and vultures. Missionaries and the government sometimes bury the
bodies in mass graves.
Turkana men roast a goat at Kalobeyei. Turkanas kill goats by spearing the heart and then roast slaughtered goat without skinning it
and only their entrails are removed. Roasting meat is a favorite way of consuming meat by the Turkana.
As the region is hitting by the drought, the Turkana has to develop different means of finding
food and resources. Thats why they developed the fishing industry in the Turkana lake and tried
to install a market. If they only had necessary infrastructure to run it correctly, it could make a
significant difference.
James Marakaa a fisherman holding one of his catch at Longesh , a fish landing beach in Lake Turkana.
The fishermen sometimes get a big catch but with no buyer or cold storage the fish are thrown away.
A fish Monger at Longesh , a fish-landing beach in Lake Turkana. The landing beach has no electricity, toilets or running water and
the fisherman relive themselves on the same beach they live in. Some aid agencies gives food vouchers to vulnerable families living
around the lake to buy dried fish from local vendors.
Etabo Tia, holding the fish head tussle with other fishermen after he caught a fish that had escaped from a net at Longesh, a fish
landing beach in Lake Turkana.
A Fish trader pushing his bicycle at Kalokol village at the shores of Lake Turkana. Despite a weakened economy due to the regional
drought, the fishermen have a ready market and the vendors manage to stay in business, make a small profit.
A fish Market in Lodwar town, the district headquarters of Turkana.
Samson Ekidor - Manager of the Turkana Fisheries co-operative
Samson Ekidor - Co-operative Manager
!!"!# My name ls Samson Lkldor. Am Lhe secreLary Manager of Lhe 1urkana llsherles co-operauve. 1he
co-operauve was esLabllshed ln1968 buL Lhe facLory was bulld by norweglan ald ln 1980. 1hls facLory has
Lwo maln secuons, dry and fresh sh. We have renLed ouL Lhe fresh sh secuon Lo a company called
Samakl 2000.
!%"!& we have a loL sh ln 1urkana buL Lhere ls famlne because we have don'L have Lhe rlghL shlng gear
Lo caLch sh. 1he sh have seasons and someumes we have sh near Lhe shores, when Lhe season
change Lhe sh go deeper lnLo Lhe lake and our shermen have no Lools Lo caLch Lhem.
!!"!'"()" *!+"+( we have hunger ln 1urkana because people are glven free food. eople should be LaughL
how Lo geL Lhelr own food or we shall have perpeLual hunger. lf Lhls co-operauve had been glven a loan
Lo do buslness, we would have employed many people. 1helr earnlngs would have had an lmpacL ln Lhe
local communlues. lf Lhls facLory ls Lo reopen Lhe famlne slLuauon would lmprove.
An armed KWS ranger at Central Island National park, Crocodile crater the park is within Lake Turkana. All the three parks within the
lake are listed as a UNESCO heritage site. . Lake 1urkana ls referred as Lhe cradle of manklnd because Lhe mosL famous fosslls of early
humans have been found Lhelr, one of Lhem ls a 1.6-mllllon-year-old Pomo erecLus skeleLon called 1urkana 8oy.
Dead fish at Longesh , a fish-landing beach in Lake Turkana. The fishermen sometimes get a big catch but with no buyer or cold
storage the fish are thrown away.
A passenger boat in Lake Turkana.