In September 2015, Turkana County, one of the most far-flung and remote regions in Kenya, got its first university. The imposing, red-roofed building on the Lodwar-Lokichar Road by Mount Kenya University stands out like a diamond in the rough.
Travel to Mandera Town and chances are that you will spend a night in a newly-built hotel that can sit anywhere else in “Kenya” – as the locals here refer to the more developed parts of the country.