West Pokot and Turkana Sign Inter-county MOU on Peace and NRM By Koech Cheruiyot Denis Pokot and Turkana counties have signed a MoU on peace and natural resource management. The agreement was born out of a two day West Pokot and Turkana County leaders’ exchange forum in Kapenguria PEARL partners – Mercy Corps, Turkana Pastoralists Development Organization and West Pokot Youth Bunge County Forum organized the forum that brought together county and national government officials, MCAs, civil society, elders, women and youth representatives. The leaders were led by West Pokot Deputy Governor, Titus Lotee and his counterpart from Turkana, Peter Ekai Lokoel.
A thwarted attempt to disrupt the Pastoralists’ peace By Koech Cheruiyot Denis Joseph Lobei Loitwan aged 40 years clad in his Turkana attire holds his cheeks as he says, “Since May 2015, we have enjoyed peace with Pokot counterparts. The only incident that happened was the Kotaruk attack. On the wee hours of 20 th October 2015, when the Pokot raided Epuke, a kraal under Kotaruk sublocation in Loima. A middle aged man was killed with several livestock driven by Pokot from Lopet Location under Kiwawa location in North Pokot. The Turkana revenged by killing two Pokot of Kasei division, under Kamnono location in Kacheliba Sub-county. The Elders performed traditional peace rites and vowed this was never to happen again. As a resolution, since the Pokots were the aggressors, they paid back the stolen goats as compensation while their killed men were never paid for. Since then we have just lived peacefully . ”
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