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How Lake Turkana floods, hippos attacks exposing school-going children to risks

Samuel Lokitoi, a Grade 6 pupil makes his way to Katula Primary school that has been submerged in water. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

A lone pupil sits pensively on the sunbaked shores of Lake Turkana.

Amid the heat and silence, the PP1 pupil's mind is full of uncertainty about the future, the overwhelming loss of normalcy, and the helplessness that comes with watching his school submerged in muddy waters.

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