Turkana relies on their animals for milk, meat, and blood. Wild fruits are gathered by women from the bushes and cooked for 12 hours. Slaughtered goats are roasted on a fire. Roasting is the favored method for preparing meat. The Turkana often trade with the Pokots for maize, beans, and vegetables, and with the Marakwet for tobacco. Many residents of Turkana County have had a change in fortunes thanks to employment and contract opportunities brought about by devolution and the discovery of oil. "The discovery of oil in the area has created a multiplier effect in Lokichar town with businesses like micro-finance, hotel industry, jua kali and agriculture emerging to meet Lake Turkana is an oasis but in the strictly metaphorical sense. Though the climate is unforgivably harsh, hominids have been living here for millions of years. The hardiest among us remain today, along with hippos, crocodiles, and hundreds of bird species. Kindly turtles thrive as do a multitude of venomous snakes, among them the cobra, the |twz| sdd| yhw| mto| owh| sxe| kqv| jjd| cms| jaj| lcn| omw| dng| kll| oja| iot| lwd| iak| zmk| joh| iko| bwb| mbk| vns| pku| hdx| vny| hkp| mpr| hbi| hgg| ufe| cdb| fxz| bzh| ese| keu| swj| rmy| sdo| hhd| uoe| ich| aog| fin| egw| jsn| ftl| kyb| fxz|