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Turkana pastoralists kicked out of Uganda plead for aid

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A group of Turkana women in Lomokori village waiting for relief food to be distributed by PACIDA. [Mike Ekutan, Standard]

Hundreds of pastoralists in Turkana County are living in abject misery after returning from Uganda.

The pastoralists camping at Lokiroam border in Loima, who had moved to Uganda last year in search of water and pasture, want the Ugandan government to reconsider their decision to order them out.

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