More than 1500 people in lokamarinyang village in
Turkana North are still homeless after a wild fire razed down a village on
Christmas day. The
village is in Turkana North near the Kenya Ethiopia Sudan border, burnt down, to
to ashes leaving more than 400
homes and over 2000 families displaced. A woman in a manyatta that was suspected to be the origin
of fire at around noon was injured and driven to Kaikor dispensary 200 km away
where she is still recuperating. The fire spread first to 250 houses burning
them in less than an hour as a result of the strong winds being witnessed in
the area. Among the valuables lost included cash, food, identification cards,
household goods, young goats, poultry, and school materials for their children.
Turkana county deputy governor Mr. Peter Ekai urged locals to be cautious when
using fire in the villages temporarily covered by grass and dry sticks also
urged donors to come into aid and help the lokamarinyang residents. The
villagers received food, medicine and household goods from the county
government in partnership with relief agencies such as world food pro-gramme
and world vision during the visit.
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