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Residents grueling search for water amidst biting drought in Turkana

Women wait in a queue for a water bourser at Nasinyono village in Turkana West Sub County. Villagers have been forced to fetch dirty water at watering holes. The ravaging drought facing the North Rift region has led to deaths of people and livestock in Turkana and Baringo Counties. 20-03-2019. [PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI]

We arrive at Nasinyono village in Turkana County at noon and we are welcomed by a 500-metre long line of jerrycans.

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