In northern Kenya, a shifting Lake Turkana reshapes traditional livelihoods

Mongabay
Apr 14, 2026, 7:18 am190 ptsTrendingTop
KOMOTE, Kenya — At sunrise on Komote Island, 36-year-old James Lekubo walks his two children down a rocky hillside to the water’s edge, where they clamber into a small fishing boat with a couple of dozen others to journey across a stretch of lake that didn’t exist a few years ago. On the other side lie…

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