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Turkana herders defy Museveni order, cross over to Uganda

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A herder leads his flock across Kainuk bridge in Turkana South. [File, Standard]

Drought has forced pastoralists in some parts of Turkana County to cross over to neighbouring Uganda in search of pasture.

This is despite President Yoweri Museveni's order last year that herders vacate the Karamoja sub-region.

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