Turkana group ‘grows’ money on invasive plant

A Turkana resident feeds wood to a kiln to produce charcoal. FILE PHOTO | NMG

It’s 11 am on a Monday at Nawoitorong village in Morungole Sub location, Turkana West Sub County. The sun is already too hot as Enterprise meets Peter Lochor, 80 for interview.

Mr Lochor leads us to one of the few surviving acacia trees for a shade. The acacias are in the midst of countless mesquite trees known scientifically as Prosopis Juliflora and locally referred to as ‘Mathenge’.

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