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.
Turkana Farmers and Pastoralists agree to share Resources By Koech Cheruiyot Denis Turkana pastoralists and farmers living in Nakwamoru and Katilu in Turkana South Constituency have agreed to share natural resources. This follows months of brewing conflict between the two factions emanating from use of River Turkwel water. Pastoralists had claimed farmers had blocked their access to water of River Turkwel by cultivating along the river. Farmers, on the other hand, had claimed pastoralists were intentionally driving their livestock into their farms.
Peace gives way to inter-communal trade By Koech Cheruiyot Denis Turkana communities have been in recurrent conflict for decades. This had led to loss of life, destruction of property and disruption of economic activities that the two communities used to engage in. Due to government and other actors’ interventions, the two communities have lived in peace for the past one year. This has provided an ample ground for the two communities to revert to their past economic activities.
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