Drought and famines in the Turkana district, Kenya

Having been victims of drought and famines for the last two decades turkana district once a savannah is a no go zone. The district is 77,000sq kms, vast and arid.hosting one of the hottest spots on earth known as suguta valley with temperatures ranging from 50C to 65C. The contributing factors to these climatic changes is as a result of: -
1. The river omo which once used to flow with a huge amount of water from the ethiopian highlands and a main feeder tributary to lake turkana formerly lake rudolf has been blocked for irrigational purposes by the ethiopian authorities,and hence it has resulted into these lake to diminish.
2. The river turkwell which flows from Mt. Elgon to lake turkana has been blocked upstream for hydro-electric power for kenyans on the highlands. and this has resulted to dying of indigenous trees and plants along the riverine downstream where the Turkana people live even tree pods which enabled the livestock to live are no more. Animals are dying of severe drought, inhabitants have opted to move to urban areas to work as labourers and others have resorted to charcoal burning for bio-fuel from the drying trees to supply to refugee camp in Kakuma and urban areas.
Turkanas are now dependant on emergency relief aid from international communities through WFP as a result of this catastrophy. Rainfall once used to rain between March to September is now realised only thrice or four times a year.
3. The famous ferguson gulf in lake Turkana is history it has disappeared and it used to abreeding ground for the Tilapia fish. The fishfolk along here have nothing to eat for food therefore, the area once occupied with the ferguson gulf, foreign plants have emerged called acacia prosophis which have endangered the lives of donkeys around here. for when an animals eats these plants after some months the animal becomes toothless and as a result it dies.
As a result to the climatic change menace, mechanism and solutions are not yet in place since the ecosystems programme are not in place to restore and reflendish more trees and plants.
Water is a scarcity since the water table is sinking,these pastoralist have to track for around 70 kms in search of water.
1) Photo 1: The first photo are turkana people along the shores of lake turkana after erecting a museum to preserve their culture and history to avoid extinction.
2) Photo 2: While performing a traditional dance in the honour of the visiting american and german ambassadors during our cultural festivals,and dressed in hides skins leather which is our traditional way of life.
3) Photo 3: Lomorukai nataan emmanuel pastoralist network of kenya turkana chapter national board member dressed in turkana regalia at a world gathering for transhumanst pastoralist passover in Madrid (SPAIN).