Menu
Kenya is already divided into 38 exploration blocks and 22 multinational companies are going on with exploration Tullow Oil is the leading company with a lion s share of six exploration blocks in Kenya The blocks are mainly in northern Kenya around Lake Turkana Already Tullow has discovered oil deposits in Lokichar in Turkana County
Get Price
Kenya s Turkana learns from failed fish project Teach a Kenyan cattle herder how to fish and you ll feed him for life That was at least what Norway s development agency believed in the 1980s
Get Price
Jun 9 2022The deputy President William Ruto led Kenya Kwanza bandwagon is expected to pitch camp at Lodwar in Turkana county On Wed Jun 15 Kenya Kwanza will hold their final meet the people economic forums in the country before the launch of their manifesto slated for 30th of June In the forum locals will air grievances and through […]
Get Price
Tullow Oil estimates that Kenya s Turkana fields hold 560 million barrels of oil and expects them to produce up to 100 000 barrels per day from 2024 London based Tullow said it and its partners
Get Price
Oct 26 2022Our world at 8 billion Hope joy and grief as humanity marks a milestone As the world population surges past 8 billion people the projects the global population will peak at around
Get Price
Nov 24 2021In Turkana County north western Kenya livestock keeping is the main economic activity for most people supporting about 62% of the local population Some 20% of the remaining population depends on agro pastoralism 12% on fishing and 8% on casual labour Turkana County Government 2024
Get Price
May 12 2021A Guide To Lake Turkana At Kenya s far Northern frontier lies one of the natural wonders of the world Lake Turkana Lake Turkana is a massive inland sea the largest desert lake in the world 6 405 sq km This single body of water is over 250 kilometres long longer than the entire Kenyan coast It is widely known as the Jade Sea because
Get Price
Kenya officially the Republic of Kenya Swahili Jamhuri ya Kenya is a country in East Africa At 580 367 square kilometres 224 081 sq mi Kenya is the world s 48th largest country by area During excavations at Lake Turkana in 1984 paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey assisted by Kamoya Kimeu discovered the Turkana Boy a million
Get Price
within kenya turkana is the largest county geographically and one of the most historically under developed people who live there suffer from some of the poorest schools roads and health services in the country a situation which has been unable to reverse by long standing but often poorly funded government and humanitarian interventions …
Get Price
A huge water source has been discovered in the arid Turkana region of northern Kenya which could supply the country for 70 years the government says The discovery of two aquifers
Get Price
Turkana Where We Work Turkana Turkana County is situated in the North Western part of Kenya At 77 000 sq km Turkana County is the second largest county covering more than 13% of Kenya s surface The county population during the Kenya Population and Housing Census of 2024 stood at 855 399 with an average growth rate of % per annum
Get Price
REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya Africa s biggest wind power plant a 310MW wind farm on the eastern shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya launched in July can be a catalyst for future wind projects in the region The cost of around $700m makes the Lake Turkana plant the largest private investment in Kenya s history
Get Price
Sep 25 2022Lake Turkana is 665 kilometers north of Nairobi in northern Kenya Loiyangalani located on the southeast coast is accessible via charter flight or organized trucking There are also charter flights to Sibiloi There are regular flights to Lodoir on the lake s western shore There are many routes on the lake s east and west sides
Get Price
ACUTE MALNUTRITION Ms Nakuruka s baby is one of the 54 264 children under the age of five years suffering from acute malnutrition in Turkana county according to statistics by the Kenya Food and Nutrition Situation Seasonal Assessment Report March 2024 The report further classifies 14 420 of them as being severely malnourished and in
Get Price
Lake Turkana also known as the Jade Sea was originally named Lake Rudolph in 1888 and was renamed Lake Turkana in 1975 Lake Turkana is famous for it s greenish blue colours hence the nickname the Jade Sea It is the largest alkaline lake in the world Lake Turkana is 300 Km long and 50 Km wide which also makes it the largest lake in Kenya
Get Price
In Kenya a large part of the domestic energy requirement is covered with traditional biomass As many people still use inefficient three stone fires for cooking the country s firewood demand is higher than its annual supply This deficit has led to high rates of deforestation resulting in desertification land degradation droughts and famine
Get Price
The Turkana are another of Kenya s more colourful and warlike people Originally from the Karamajong district of north eastern Uganda the Turkana people number around 250 000 and live in the virtual desert country of Kenya s north west Due to their isolation the Turkana are probably the last affected by the 20th century of all Kenya s people
Get Price
Oct 10 2022Biophysical Indicators • Save for the traces of rainfall in dekad one extremely dry weather conditions were prevalent over all areas of the county during the period under review Consequently
Get Price
Authors Florence Landsberg You can carry out your own analyses on poverty and ecosystem services with the GIS data made available some of them being publicly released for the first time All data are accompanied by metadata Population poverty Agriculture Land cover land form Base data Elevation
Get Price
Fact 3 Kenya has some of the world s most complete skeletons including the Turkana Boy million years old which has provided great knowledge of early human physiology Fact 4 Kenya
Get Price
Discover the volcanic beauty of Lake Turkana hidden in a remote corner of Kenya Key Highlights of this Itinerary 1 Rift Valley Flight Take a scenic flight up the Rift Valley with freedom to explore the untamed landscapes of the Turkana region 2 Lobolo Camp Stay at the remarkably comfortable Lobolo Camp on the shores of the lake 3
Get Price
3 days agoR ecently I interviewed a 70 year old coconut farmer who told me about the hundreds of trees he was losing to the drought ravaging his home town of Rabaiin southern back tears he
Get Price
Central Island National Park The Gem of Lake Turkana Emerging starkly from the blue green waters of the largest permanent desert lake in the world Lake Turkana the Central Island is made up of three active volcanoes that belch sulphurous smoke and steam
Get Price
OIL FIELD TURKANA KENYA REMOTE CAMP TURUKANA KENYA TITANIUM MINE KWALE KENYA UNSOS ACCOMMODATION SOMALIA News and Feeds Get a Quote Contact us 254 797 968 817 info DOWNLOAD BROCHURE Facebook page opens in new window Linkedin page opens in new window REMOTE CAMP TURKANA KENYA
Get Price
The Turkana people of northwest Kenya are transhumant pastoralists 13 Transhumance refers to the seasonal migration of people and livestock to different regions 14 In the early 1980s the Turkana of northwest Kenya were recorded as having the highest prevalence of CE in the world 13 Risk factors included a large young immunologically naïve dog population human behavioral factors
Get Price
6 days ago Sisi tunashukuru wanahabari kuangazia haya tunajua kama si wanahabari na michael hallonda hawa watoto hata wangepoteza maisha yao kama si hao hata president hangekuja Turkana Chris Kobia a Good Samaritan said Malnourished Turkana brothers improve The siblings were severely malnourished and emaciated that they were on the cusp of death
Get Price
The north is the driest and hottest area of Kenya especially the areas located at lower altitudes Lake Turkana or Rudolph is located at 365 meters 1 200 feet above sea level here the landscape is semi desert in the southern part and desert in the north where precipitation drops below 100 mm 4 in per year Lodwar
Get Price
The city s yearly temperature is ºC ºF and it is % higher than Kenya s averages Turkana typically receives about millimeters inches of precipitation and has rainy days % of the time annually Climate Turkana Monthly Averages Climate Graph
Get Price
The history bit Originally the Turkana tribe came from the Karamojong region of Uganda and legend has it that they arrived in Kenya after chasing after a runaway bull They speak a Nilotic language similar to the Maasai and live in harsh and dry desert like environments The British saw little value in this land and consequently the Turkana
Get Price
22 March 2024 It is a scorching hot morning in Turkana County northern Kenya The ground is dry and sandy punctuated with small gorse bushes and occasional trees Tall thin termite nests point like fingers at the cloudless sky In some places dust swirls in miniature whirlwinds
Get Price