Turkana in a sentence

In Turkana, Turkana East's average was the highest at 7.7 while Turkana South and Kibish stood at 6.2 and 6.3 respectively.

Turkana is the poorest county among 47 in Kenya; the Kenya National Statistics office says 88 percent of the people in Turkana live below the poverty level, compared with 45 percent nationally.

Kakamega, Mandera, Tana River Turkana and Bomet counties had the lowest male internet users below the national average.

In Turkana County, nine deaths have been reported in the past one week.

It is 3pm in the sun-scorched refugee town of Kakuma in Turkana County.

Others who were removed include: vice-chairpersons of committees Turkana South MP James Lomenen (Cohesion), Nakuru Woman Representative Liza Chelule (Broadcasting) and Laikipia Woman Representative Catherine Waruguru (Members' Services).

Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok called on security agencies to kickstart peace initiatives to ensure those who have been displaced by insecurity return back to their homes.

Lake Turkana Wind Power has brought an ongoing program of corporate social responsibility, including providing new water sources, and there has been some job creation.

The multi-million shilling project funded by the European Union (EU) and which started in 2014 on pilot basis in Turkana and Tana River counties has seen over 100 GIS officers trained and employed to assist in running the labs in the eight counties.

In a historic occasion held at Ngamia 8 oil fields in Lokichar, Turkana County in the north, the President flagged off four trucks ferrying crude oil to the Kenya Petroleum Refinery in Mombasa.

Residents of Turkana County will be most affected by the cut.

Speaking when he officiated over the swearing in ceremony, the Governor said, “This is the time for Turkana people to prosper.

The 2013 discovery of the underground lakes in Turkana lightened up the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the region with analysts estimating that the resource could end Kenya’s perpetual water shortage in one swoop.

The counties of Turkana, Mandera, Samburu, Garissa, Busia and West Pokot are some of the poorest in the country, with majority of residents starving due to an inability to pay for basic food commodities.

The management of the Lake Turkana National Parks can certainly be improved.

The project will now be upscaled to eight counties including Nairobi, Kisumu, Kakamega, Machakos, Mombasa, Kiambu, Turkana and Wajir.

The earliest known instances are in the 1.7–1.6 mya layer at Kokiselei, West Turkana, Kenya.