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Another discovery in E.Africa: huge ground water resource.
Rank: Elder Joined: 1/27/2011 Posts: 1,777
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Seems like the wealth beneath our ground is so much: Oil and now water. Yes, water and it could have a great economic impact by way of food security etc. GROUND WATER IN AFRICA
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/27/2011 Posts: 1,777
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/14/2012 Posts: 201 Location: nairobi
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And Turkana is also water rich. LIFE IS SO GOOD
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/27/2011 Posts: 1,777
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Isn't it funny that the driest places in kenya like Turkana have the largest water resources?
Turkana district has enough water resources to feed the entire population, it just needs to be scientifically harnessed," someone said. That person also thinks that large parts of the land are fertile. If irrigated, farming could become an additional and fall back source of income for the Turkana.
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Rank: New-farer Joined: 12/31/2011 Posts: 90
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Rank: Member Joined: 3/24/2010 Posts: 677 Location: Nairobi
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shygal wrote:watu wanalala njaa bure. Si bure. Tunangoja odiero akuje atafute hiyo maji and "buy the block"
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 2/3/2010 Posts: 1,797 Location: Kenya
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my people perish for lack of knowledge I may be wrong..but then I could be right
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/17/2011 Posts: 229
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Blue Gold. Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today. The US is setting strategic military bases in East Africa (UG) and Latin America (Paraguay). Why? More here...
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/15/2011 Posts: 4,518
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People always make me laugh.In a previous edition,screamed the headline. Quote:Huge amounts of water belie thirsty Turkana
Months after oil deposits were discovered in Turkana County, it has now emerged that the dry region has billions of litres of underground water.Research had indicated there are rivers underneath the region. The area has always had water.This is therefore not a discovery but a case of neglect and misplaced priorities. The previous leadership just didn't care about Turkanas enough to get somebody do the drilling. How much donor food has gone into feeding the starving masses? How many projects have been set up so far? How many have become rich by projects? How many turkanas have died? What would it have cost us to drill and why did it take soo long to harvest? Did we just discover there is water in Turkana after the oil? I mean which is easier to discover? oil or water? Whom are they kidding?? "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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And these guys have been walking, with "life" under their feet!
The Creator of this universe designed it perfectly. There's an hadith which says: there's an antidote for every disease/poison in this universe. Examples: snake/poison, fly/disease.
Narrated Abu Huraira: "Allah's Apostle said, If a fly falls in the vessel of any of you, let him dip all of it (into the vessel) and then throw it away, for in one of its wings there is a disease and in the other there is healing (antidote for it) i e. the treatment for that disease." (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 71, Number 673)"
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/28/2008 Posts: 2,276 Location: Kibish
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The problem with Turkanas is that they rely on relief food only ask us who have been there. Nadondosha meli kubwa seuze ngalawa!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/15/2011 Posts: 4,518
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Coolio wrote:The problem with Turkanas is that they rely on relief food only ask us who have been there. Yep cz u refused to give them a fishing rod. The real fishermen have nowhere to take their fish other than consume domestically. The herders hold on to dear cattle cz they are the lifeline of the community till drought beckons and they all die. What other economic activities are there in Turkana, cz nomadic life can never bring progress and we all know why. Wangework na that underground water which has been there since time immemorial to make that place tao. "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 1/27/2011 Posts: 1,777
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Now that Kiambu is quickly turning into a concrete jungle, those other 'green' and 'cool' places in Kenya are becoming unviable for farming since the land portions are decreasing as sons inherit land which their fathers inherited from their grandfathers why doesn't the Government dig up that water in Turkana and open up more land for agriculture?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/10/2008 Posts: 9,131 Location: Kanjo
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josiah33 wrote:Now that Kiambu is quickly turning into a concrete jungle, those other 'green' and 'cool' places in Kenya are becoming unviable for farming since the land portions are decreasing as sons inherit land which their fathers inherited from their grandfathers why doesn't the Government dig up that water in Turkana and open up more land for agriculture? who is goverment? i.am.back!!!!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2012 Posts: 3,855 Location: Othumo
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harrydre wrote:josiah33 wrote:why doesn't the Government dig up that water in Turkana and open up more land for agriculture? who is goverment? PM - the supervisor of all ministries and ministers Thieves
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/17/2011 Posts: 229
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josiah33 wrote:Now that Kiambu is quickly turning into a concrete jungle, those other 'green' and 'cool' places in Kenya are becoming unviable for farming since the land portions are decreasing as sons inherit land which their fathers inherited from their grandfathers why doesn't the Government dig up that water in Turkana and open up more land for agriculture? It may not be possible to dictate the physical nature (climate and soils) for some crops. It is unfortunate we are continously sealing the fertile Nitisols of Kiambu with Tatus et al. where we can grow the best Coffee, unlike building satelite towns like Konza in sub-humid and semi-arid zones where coffee and tea cannot grow. It is a policy matter, confused by the myopic land use planning that we inherited from the British. Ideally all best agricultural areas should be reserved for farming and satelite cities developed in the buffer zones. If you cannot farm your own, you lease to whowever can and you move to town. Ask me why Agriculturals will continue to be hot! First, the real esate, second and more important, the crops the grow on it.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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eco wrote:josiah33 wrote:Now that Kiambu is quickly turning into a concrete jungle, those other 'green' and 'cool' places in Kenya are becoming unviable for farming since the land portions are decreasing as sons inherit land which their fathers inherited from their grandfathers why doesn't the Government dig up that water in Turkana and open up more land for agriculture? It may not be possible to dictate the physical nature (climate and soils) for some crops. It is unfortunate we are continously sealing the fertile Nitisols of Kiambu with Tatus et al. where we can grow the best Coffee, unlike building satelite towns like Konza in sub-humid and semi-arid zones where coffee and tea cannot grow. It is a policy matter, confused by the myopic land use planning that we inherited from the British. Ideally all best agricultural areas should be reserved for farming and satelite cities developed in the buffer zones. If you cannot farm your own, you lease to whowever can and you move to town. Ask me why Agriculturals will continue to be hot! First, the real esate, second and more important, the crops the grow on it. Ditto "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Member Joined: 9/23/2011 Posts: 175 Location: Nairobi
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murchr wrote:eco wrote:josiah33 wrote:Now that Kiambu is quickly turning into a concrete jungle, those other 'green' and 'cool' places in Kenya are becoming unviable for farming since the land portions are decreasing as sons inherit land which their fathers inherited from their grandfathers why doesn't the Government dig up that water in Turkana and open up more land for agriculture? It may not be possible to dictate the physical nature (climate and soils) for some crops. It is unfortunate we are continously sealing the fertile Nitisols of Kiambu with Tatus et al. where we can grow the best Coffee, unlike building satelite towns like Konza in sub-humid and semi-arid zones where coffee and tea cannot grow. It is a policy matter, confused by the myopic land use planning that we inherited from the British. Ideally all best agricultural areas should be reserved for farming and satelite cities developed in the buffer zones. If you cannot farm your own, you lease to whowever can and you move to town. Ask me why Agriculturals will continue to be hot! First, the real esate, second and more important, the crops the grow on it. Ditto True they didn't plan right and now those acreages suitable for coffee farming are diminishing and we are not going to get them back. Now the next best thing is try and make something out of the available land in arid areas by reclaiming them. At least we can stop unnecessary maize imports by making Turkana and other such areas agriculturally productive.
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/8/2010 Posts: 281
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…oooh! tunaomba serkal!...oooh! we are marginalised! ….ooh! blablabla…. This song is weird and goes to show how stupid a people can get. I go to a certain village and marvel at the access of plenty fresh piped water. How it came about; community starts a project contribute to a kitty, buy pipes, dig many kilometres of furrow for the pipes and there they go. Same with electricity; starts a village project, takes as more as 10 years to achieve but finally is done.
So what prevents that village from North Eastern, Ukambani and other places from doing a similar thing? If the Eastern fellows probably sell ten cows or a few camels per homestead and pool to a kitty, they can sink themselves a community borehole…that’s no rocket science! Otherwise let’s keep ombaring serkal because we are merginalized
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/12/2006 Posts: 1,554
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otienosmall wrote:…oooh! tunaomba serkal!...oooh! we are marginalised! ….ooh! blablabla…. This song is weird and goes to show how stupid a people can get. I go to a certain village and marvel at the access of plenty fresh piped water. How it came about; community starts a project contribute to a kitty, buy pipes, dig many kilometres of furrow for the pipes and there they go. Same with electricity; starts a village project, takes as more as 10 years to achieve but finally is done.
So what prevents that village from North Eastern, Ukambani and other places from doing a similar thing? If the Eastern fellows probably sell ten cows or a few camels per homestead and pool to a kitty, they can sink themselves a community borehole…that’s no rocket science! Otherwise let’s keep ombaring serkal because we are merginalized
Its all in the head.... poverty is in the head.
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