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In Baringo East — some say Pokot East — next to the Nginyang’ livestock market, there’s a big tree with a wide girth and a wider shade, the Oron tree. It is at this spot that political meetings are held. Under this tree, MPs and senators came face to face with warriors and elders living a tough life in a vicious cycle of ignorance and poverty.
The majority of the villagers in this area inhabited by the Pokot community do not understand Kiswahili. In public meetings, there has to be a translator. They have not gone to school, there are no schools to speak of. They say they feel marginalised: They have no one in the county leadership positions.
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