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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Wanjohi Kabukuru and Brian Inganga

DARK SECRETS: In brutal drought kenyan herders look for hope underground | Vintage Vibes

AP

Letoyie Leroshi walked for five days hunting water. After three years of drought in Samburu County, Kenya, the riverbeds were bone-dry.

Then Leroshi found a patch of wettish sand in the sunbaked Ewaso Ng’iro riverbed. He brought a group of fellow herders to dig. They hit water and the jubilant young men broke into song, a traditional call to their cattle and camels.

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