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93Sugal Abdow: Xolixi xorey udamathen.animals are dead, because of severe the drought,Sugal Abdow: Lix magala oo Garis kamita taxay, kuli dhadkotha wa rer gura.Translator: we are pastoralists more than anything - dominating Wajir, Garissa, Moyale, Mandera, Marsabit we are allpastoralists we have got common problem.Sugal Abdow: Dhadkas rer gura eh wax rer gura kawatha simey binanthmanka Ilaxey ya ninkasta wax uqathirey.Translator: We are all pastoralist because we have common characteristics,Sugal Abdow: Marka dhad rer daqata bey ayaga noqthen.Translator: So we are pastoralists, and we herd animals.Sugal Abdow: Dhadkasna maqawan mel ey xolaxotha geystan oo ey kugatan maqawan.Translator: These said pastoralists do not have market for their livestock.Sugal Abdow: Xolaxa canaxa lagamagato. Maqarka lagamagato.Translator: there is no sell of dairy products, no sell for hides and skinsSugal Abdow:Xilibka lagamagato.Translator: No market of meat,Sugal Abdow: Waxan kunol naxana wa xolaxa.Translator: and we are entirely depending on them.Sugal Abdow: Nef katha markath safarto ooWajir ath keiso waxa lagudixi lawa boqol oo shillin mankasini.Translator: when I market my animals and I take them to Wajir, because Wajir is more close to Nairobi, I’m told, will you sellthis goat at 200 shillings of course which is not worth even the transport from here to Wajir.Sugal Abdow: Manta Wajir yan sathax nef oo ari an gestey.Translator: That season I took 3 goats to Wajir,Sugal Abdow: Waxan kuarkey kiwanja weyn oo tan eleborka kutalo okale.Translator: I saw a very big airstrip like the one of Jomo Kenyatta.