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Relieve for residents as county commissions water project

Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok (center) commissions Napuu water project in Lodwar. The project will serve over 16,000 people. [Fred Kibor/Standard]

The county has been known for its searing heat and sun-baked soils, with locals trekking hundreds of kilometres in search of water.

But the scenario is steadily changing for the better following the discovery of underground aquifers holding billions of litres of water.

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