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Government MUST invest in EDUCATION to end troubles in West Pokot, Turkana counties

 

West Pokot and Turkana counties have witnessed increased cases of insecurity in the recent past, the latest being Lorogon border dispute.

The two counties have several things in common, both positive and negative aspects. The two are pastoral communities, are rich in culture and endowed with minerals and oil and breathtaking sceneries along the Kerio Valley.

Oil has been discovered in Turkana, while there is limestone deposits in Pusel, Chepchoi, Sebit, Ortum, Tamkal, Iyang River, Endough, Kiwawa, Alele, Lokinyala and Marich areas in West Pokot.

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