Floods and droughts: Turkana West residents caught between two extreme ironies of nature
A resident of Turkana carries farming tools on her way to her sorghum crops in an arid area in Nanyee, near Lodwar. Turkana is one of the counties worst hit by drought.
Turkana Governor Jeremiah Lomorukai said that a mega dam can also save sections of Kakuma Refugee Camp and the host community next to Tarach River from flooding, as well as address water needs for the increasing population at the fast-growing Kakuma-Kalobeyei Municipality.
"We receive unpredictable rains in Turkana, and any efforts to harvest water will ensure sustainable food production for both refugees and the host community. We need the largest dam in East Africa to be constructed in Turkana for Sh6 billion to mitigate the effects of climate change," Mr Lomorukai said.
Ms Zipporah Imuse has for the past six months been relying on limited relief food supplies, occasionally begging her neighbors to keep her family of six at Lopiding village in Lokichoggio Sub County going.
Her husband, just like many men in the village, migrated to neighboring Uganda for pasture and water, leaving her with a handful of young goats and sheep that she was to take care of, with the hope that they would mature so that she could sell and buy food.
