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Greener pasture for cattle rustler who ditched his gun for the jembe

Mr Lokaale Lokitowo, 42, accompanied by his son at their one-acre farm at Kang'alita in Turkana [Lucas Ngasike, Standard]

At the age of 10, Lokaale Lokitowo only knew an AK-47 as his walking stick as he traversed the torturous bushes and hills of Turkana.

However, life took a different turn when Lokitowo, now 42, abandoned his gun to embrace farming at Kang’alita Irrigation Scheme in a remote part of Turkana County.

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