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| Starlon Ikaal |
Turkana, Kenya: For Starlon Ikaal, 26, from Lokori village in Turkana County, raiders who struck his village in the 90s while he was looking after his father’s goats opened an opportunity for him to go to school.
Starlon, now a petroleum engineer working with Tullow Oil Company, was born at a time when the Turkana believed in cultural values where boys were trained to be warriors, known as ng’oroko in the local dialect. Their task was to protect the community.
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