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Turkana villagers decry hunger pangs as leaders play down drought

An emaciated Rosa Lokol sleeping outsie her manyatta at Lojere Emoit village in Turkana County.. Five people have so far been said to have died due to the famine that is ravaging Turkana County. Many animals have also died. 19-03-2019. [PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI]

It is 8.50am in Lojere Emoit village in Turkana South and the sun is blazing down over the vast land.

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