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Human-wildlife conflict on the rise as jumbos seek drinking water

Laikipia, Kenya: At dawn, Josephine Meshame strides out of her makeshift bed, takes her water gallon and walks 12 kilometres to Kimanjaro area to fetch water from a community borehole.

She leaves the house before the scorching sun heats up the entire Il Motiok area and the rest of Laikipia North Sub-County.

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