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Vivre, c'est survivre au Samburu District...
Vivre, c'est survivre au Samburu District...
Posté le 18.03.2008 par lailasamburu
Aux dires de certains autres habitants du Kenya, "UN KENYA HORS DU KENYA"
Kenya: Samburu's Pastoralists Reel From Acute Water Shortages
Beatrice Leparkulei, 32, takes a rest next to her hut in the village of Ledero, after trekking for more than 10 kilometres from Maralal Town carrying a jerrican of water.
She stares at Napirai, one of her seven children. The little girl runs to hug her exhausted mother, shedding tears and clutching her swollen belly.
But once Beatrice gives her little daughter a cupful of water, Napirai stops crying and continues with her game of sticks. However, Beatrice does not like what she sees.
Ethnic conflict
The old man of the house, Mr Julius Leparkulei, lies under a tree to shelter himself from the hot sun. He is equally worn out after walking for three days from Lolkujuta, where his elder son had earlier taken the family's livestock in search of water and pasture.
Leparkulei tries to converse with me, but his voice betrays the fact that he is tired and hungry.
"Lolkujuta is quite a long distance from here. We have dug deep wells there to quench our thirst. I have just returned after walking for three days," he said, holding out his fingers to show three days.
Like hundreds of pastoralists in Samburu District, who face shortages of water and food due to a severe drought that has hit the area recently, Mzee Leparkulei plans to move with his family to Lolkujuta, where he can find water and pasture for his animals with ease.
The entire Samburu District is experiencing difficult times as many residents face acute food and water shortages.
Difficult times
This has been occasioned by failed rains and lack of pasture. There are also fears that the situation, which is the prime cause of the ongoing ethnic conflict between the Samburu and the Pokot communities in Poro, may get worse if help is not forthcoming soon.
For now, most residents, mainly in remote parts of the district, rely on relief food meant for primary school children.
The little rains that fell in early November last year, only softened the earth, with a little foliage sprouting for animals to graze on. But in the middle of the month, the rain clouds disappeared, leaving the sky clear.
Children, who are always the first casualties in such difficult times, now eat porridge without milk.
"Water is in short supply. Clean water is even more unlikely. Most families have to do with only a little of it, in this case, a 20-litre jerrican of water that has to last for three days or more," says James Lolochum, a public health officer based in Marti village.
The nearest water point is a borehole located in Kirisia Secondary School, near Maralal Town.
And the majority of the people, who live in villages far from the town, trek for tens of kilometres to fetch water from the school.
"Most of the time lessons are disrupted since the students find it difficult to draw water for their daily use because many villagers crowd the borehole to get water. And we can't send them away since they have nowhere else to get water," explains Simon Kahuthu, a teacher at Kirisia Secondary School.
Highly treasured
Much of Samburu District has not had any rain since the beginning of the year. Many families have responded to the calamity by moving to where they can get water and pasture for their treasured livestock.
The animals are seen by the pastoralists as a sign of wealth and health - providing them with meat and milk. The shifting from one area to another mostly affects the school-going children, who are forced to drop out of school to be with their families.
"Many parents in Samburu District depend on livestock for their daily upkeep and also to pay fees for their children. A good number of children are now out of school, taking care of the cows and goats. I think the Government should intervene to ensure that these children stay in school," says Sammy Loldos, a Loruko villager.
Aids sufferers are also hit hard by the drought. There is an acute shortage of anti-retrovirals (ARVs) and because the transport network is poor, it becomes difficult for members of the Samburu Aids Control Committee to visit victims.
Mr John Lesepe, the coordinator of the Committee says the prevalence of Aids in the district, which stands at 6.8 per cent, may shoot up if the Ministry of Health and other concerned organisations do not step up efforts to alleviate the situation.
A visit to most Samburu villages reveals that in almost every homestead, there is a child or an adult who is either too weak to walk or too hungry to talk.
Women and children sit next to their huts contemplating their plight, while the old men sit under the cactus trees, clutching their walking sticks and stroking their beards, wondering when the rains will come to save them and their animals from certain starvation.
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