Turkana county Hub, Kenya

Turkana County is located in the north-western part of Kenya. The main livelihood system for the Turkana community is pastoralism, a livelihood system based on extensive livestock production. It is characterized by animal mobility and common use of natural resources; therefore community is nomadic and seasonally migrate long distances following the availability of water and grass for their animals due to the impacts of droughts and excess heat.

However, this dependence on climate (rainfall and temperature) and the frequent droughts, floods and heat waves, are causing the seasonal migrations of nomadic pastoralists to be longer and further afield, which lead to conflicts among neighbouring counties and even countries.