Of Turkanas who moved to Uganda, What happened to them!!

Hi All
I needed to share this out, we are quite and am concerned. What happened to the 30,000 Households that moved to our neighboring countries? Does anybody even care for them? There are very many relief interventions that do not reach them that I know. The County Government Emergency programme and the many NGOs that want to meet them but can not be able to due to interational laws and constraints. What happens when we segregate among our people, what happens when our fellows are not benefiting from what other citizens of equal measure are! Can we do something for them, can we go for them?

Things were said about reaching them for relief interventions, what happened? Were they reached? if not why are we keeping quiet? We need to go there. County Government MUST talk with the UGANDA Government to help us identify where they are, give the information to relevant bodies for action, for if we can go there for peace talks and the famous Lokiriama Peace Accord of the ATEKER, that bring together all the ATEKER members from UGANDA, KENYA, SUDAN and ETHIOPIA together. It is hunger that took them there, it was not their wish and we have all the reasons to look food for them. WE NEED TO GO THERE!!!

We will not just keep quiet and let our brothers and sisters suffer like that. APA MULELE for example has a KRAAL that moved with him to UGANDA they are not bagandas or karamoja they need us who belong with them among others who went there and South Sudan. ANYBODY HEARING THIS!!!

Boda Boda Operator Police Killings in Lodwar

Hi All

This is the third time in a row all we are experiencing demos from Boda Boda Operators, we need to ponder and think outside the box, like What is really happening, facts as put and as to why they are being chased by the Police
1. most of Boda Boda operators do not have driving (riding for this matter) license
2. most of them do not have insurance cover for the Motorbikes
3. Most of them do not wear riding gears; helmets, reflectors and boots
4. Most of them will wake up in the morning train how to ride and in the afternoon busy in the stages looking for customers to carry among others, and as much as the Boda Boda oportunity has enabled most of our unemployed youth to have alternative ways of earning away from crimes that we've been experiencing, I condemn and urge them to follow traffic rules, we have seen they themselves dying out of accidents of careless riding, we have seen them knocking off and injuring or killing people. Yesterday and today was not a good experience for Business people in Lodwar town, Many have lost millions of cash in stock, shops have been broken into that has prompted others to close down businesses, prices of commodities have hiked up, I also want to say that those who are doing these can not necessarily be Boda Boda Riders but a blend of them and some idle guys in town who wait for such chaos and conflicts to loot from people who have sweat from hardwork to establish such businesses.

Justice should be done to the fallen hero and peace be found towards these wars. I want to plea to the County Government and especially the Ministry of Transport, Roads and Infrustructure to look into these, it was a good gesture you showed when you took the Boda riders for training at Burget Driving School, they will know traffic rules, but it will be hard for some of them to purchase Helmets, Acquire Insurance Cover and reflectors, apparently what Police require them to do. To avoid all these, can the County Government help these young men through Youth Fund available at the Ministry of Social Services, gender, Human Resource developement and Education by giving them funds even if its through Loans for them to purchase the riding gears. This way we will not experiences demos, shop-looting, deaths and injuries. Meanwhile lets allow dialoque and consultations prevail, the boys and the one lady should given like 2 months to enable them

buy the gears and am sure demos will be a thing of the past. Kori kwai ngitunga akop!

Increase Number of Street Urchins in Turkana County- Am Concerned

AM CONCERNED, how many children/orphanage/care homes does Turkana County boosts of? how many street children are in Turkana County currently, the correlation here is abnormal where you see alot of the urchins in the streets, loitering in the villages though the night. Can it be a failure by our parents morally, can it be increased poverty rates, can it be the homes do not for these guys, am just concerned that something must be done, moreso on sensitization and advocacy.

Developed countries do not have orphanages, it is not pride to have the kids staying in a compound where they are fed using donors money, it is disheartening and not a good picture. Can we go out there and talk to our children, Lets visit parents at home and talk to them through Chief barazas, Public Holidays, Mobilization meetings.

Another lot are the school going pupils, they are nowadays exposed to the world more than we did, some will not attend classes rather go for movies in town and atg night you will find them loitering in the villages, looking for where there is music, where there is ceremonies and the like. And as they do all these, are the parents aware? do they have time with there kids, do care how their kids feed, sleep or school. Something must be done.

Coming up with a childrens' home is the best thing we should come up with when dealing with these cases, but many have failed especially where we do not have counsellors to guide these guys through career choices,life skills and so on rather than feeding them with food for the stomach only as we will still be creating problems for them, Talk of when donors fail to give money to feed them, they will go out ofcourse to look for food and its dangerous since they might not com back again. Some of the kids we are talking about here do not lack food literally, but apparently social problems ranging from peer pressure, parents non carelesness and what have you.

Finally, am concerned that in 10 children in Turkana 6 are street urchins, this alarming, lets step up and help this upcoming generation, or else we will be grooming murderers, thieves and a rotten future, then the Kenya Prisons will increase cells and establish new ones. Actually the chiefs would be of help especially in big sub locations such as Lodwar Township, Kanamkemer, Lokichoggio, Kakuma, Lokichar, Kainuk and Kalokol, northern Kenya. The chiefs should discourage night loitering, kids should not be left to attend night funeral ceremonies till late, Jamsessions and what of you and we will have a secure future.

Kablit Sam

Consultant-Micro-Business

Mirrage Business Consultancies LTD

We Have Wasted River Turkwel and our Productive Soils

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ4v2985aZM

Hi All

Turkana is a Rich if not richest County in Kenya. I happen to have visited some areas of this great county. Go to Turkana South (angolol) zone, go to Turkana East (Morulem) and all you see is green and green and green. The lands have been irrigated so much, not greens, not veges, not maize, not beans, not fruits, no sugarcane, no millets, no sorgum can miss here.

During harvestig time all stores are filled with stocks of food other farmers sell their produce to National Cereals and Produce Board. others go ahead and export to other counties, talk of West Pokot and Tranz nzoia, at some point I wonder so much, that there is a household in the north, central and west that can not afford  meals for some days and then am like noooo, something must be done, the exporting and selling of the irrigation produce clearly shows us that these farmers and their households have had enough stored for some time until another harvest season and then resort to selling off some for other financial needs.

Am very sure if we go there way, Turkana County will be food secure. I have gone round Turkana County and found that we have many Irrigation-possible sites: In turkana west we have Letea/loritit, Lokangae, Lopur, Nanam, Loreng,Lopwarin, Tarach, Songot et al, Loima has Lochor emeyan,Koono, Kalemnyang, Kangalita, Puch, urum, lorengippi, Turkwel, Napeikar, Nabuin,Nadapal et al, Turkana Central has all the areas along River Turkwel, Lorengelup, Chokchok, Napuu, Naotin et all.

We should not be talking of Dog meats again, hunger is a natural disaster that can be caused by climate change and its negative impacts, but again this s something we an control moving forward. Talk of setting up Irrigation schemes Policies, atleast I have managed to identify some rich soils around Turkana County, lets make boreholes, dams, make use of the River Turwkwel and River Kerio that apparently are the only two permanent rivers around.

Small scale farming is already underway along River Turwel and Kerio, which is a good gesture, But we need to encourage comercialization and Value Chain Irrigation Schemes farming, all the produce from these farming ends in the Households, such for markets for these guys will do them good.We have institutions that can consume these products, Schools, Lodwar District Hospital, Medical Training College, areas of residence around Turkana County, we need to encourage domestic markets on the same as we go on vnturing into interior Turkana.

Am confident this is possible, am sure of a Food Secure Turkana, it does not bring a good picture of us that we are in he news for all bad reasons, Hunger stands tall among all, we can not allow this to happen when we can help ourselves first. Lets do this and we will have a VERY FOOD SECURE TURKANA. My Prayers.

Thank You

Kablit Ewoton Samuel
National Youth Council
Turkana County

Students & Job seekers Database for Kanamkemer Ward

are you a Secondary school student, are you in College or University? I kindly want us to help each other, we need to set up a STUDENTS& JOB SEEKERS DATABASE that will help us in sourcing for school fees and Jobs within, lets come up with a bargaining tool, drop your details with Dismas Ebenyo the Kanam Youth Forum Chairman and lets go

TIME TO MAKE TURKANA TOPs, Team Charity Ebenyo-Miss-World-Kenya

time to make Turkana Tops LIKE the page, ONE LIKE ONE VOTE, she has made it to the last 13, we need to keep her in the race to clinch the crown @twendeKazi.....http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Charity-Miss-World-Kenya-2013/143480202511838?fref=ts

Orphan Fisher-Child at the Waters

NAME: Brian Amaniman

YEARS: 11 yrs

RESIDENCE: Turkana County, Turkana Central District, Kalokol Location, Namukuse sub location

It is a sunny day around Lake Turkana, am here to buy fish pieces for my lunch at the Longech arc that is partly surrounded by Lake Turkana. Almost everybody is fish monger here, from female to male, big and small; one such person is Brian!

Brian has his only uncle who practices fishing in the jade sea, since brian is still young, the only way he can help his uncle is to assist in scrubbing fish scales and washing them. They later sale the fish to fish mongers who come and buy them at the sea shore. Brian practices these every weekend, every time there is no school. He is therefore part of feeding his grandmother who cannot be able to feed herself, his uncle ESEKON is married and live with his wife, so brian has to take care of the Granny; fetch water, go to the market and buy food, fish to support the family and at the same time attend school.

Brian is in class 6 at Longech Primary School. He looks forward to finishing school and become a medical Doctor in future.

Brian Lost all his parents at the Lake, on day the parents had gone fishing at the lake, heading towards Loyangalani; the other side of the lake since they had want to get the many fishes found there. Suddenly there was storm as they reached the middle of the sea; they could not control the POSTS home-made RAFT. They capsized due to the heavy storms and tides, the grandmother, the uncle and brian received the news with much grief, that they couldn’t even be able to bury the bodies with final respect

There are many cases similar to Brian’s along the lake, many cases of dropouts are rampant here, as a source of livelihood for many kids who have lost their parents due to capsizing or rather normal deaths.

Brian hopes that one day he might be able to complete his education, get a job and help other orphans like him, most desperate people around Longech, as it stands now he is dedicate to ensure her grandmother feeds every day, gets water among others.

He is appealing therefore for any well-wisher who shall enable him complete his education and help in supporting his grandmother.