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Lodwar in northern Kenya, offers both the rough and the smooth

A reception at Ceamo Prestige Lodge in Lodwar.PHOTOS:JAMES WANZALA/STANDARD

TURKANA COUNTY: The 242-kilometre journey from Lodwar to Kitale is torturous, and is not for the faint of heart, especially when you are riding on the old buses that ply the rough road.

I went to Lodwar for the first time in 2013, and together with other journalists, we were flown by Tullow Oil Company, which is drilling oil in Lokichar.

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