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How residents in dry Tana County squeeze money out of water melons

A drive in the vast Tana River County that sits on about 35,376 square kilometres leaves one marveling at how a population of over 240,000 people makes ends meet in such a dry region.

Scattered villages weaved between narrow routes running into and out of others, unmarked lands and rising dust is the set up almost everywhere except in Hola town, the county’s headquarters.

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