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Nanok, Munyes in high stakes contest for Turkana County

Turkana Governor Josephat Nanok. (Photo: Jonah Onyango/Standard)

The discovery of huge oil deposits and underground water resources in Turkana County has naturally generated intense political interest in the mainly arid region.

Colonial and post-colonial governments have marginalised Turkana, condemning it to the vagaries of weather, disease, poverty, hunger and malnutrition, insecurity and high levels of illiteracy.

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