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CHAPTER 6 2005-2006 DROUGHT IMPACTS, PERCEPTION AND<br />

RESPONSE: FIELDWORK EVIDENCE................................................. 181<br />

6.1 Introduction ................................................................................. 181<br />

6.2 Effects of 2005-2006 droughts...................................................... 182<br />

6.2.1 Livestock losses in the household .............................................. 183<br />

6.2.2 Human losses in household....................................................... 190<br />

6.3 Perception and contemporary cultural interpretation<br />

of drought incidences .................................................................. 191<br />

6.4 Identity crisis ............................................................................... 198<br />

6.5 Response to 2005-2006 droughts ................................................. 199<br />

6.5.1 Introduction .............................................................................. 199<br />

6.5.2 Trade ties and symbiosis ........................................................... 201<br />

6.5.3 Splitting herds and families ....................................................... 203<br />

6.5.4 Pooling resources ...................................................................... 207<br />

6.5.5 Reciprocity and exchange .......................................................... 209<br />

6.6 Geographical dispersal of bond friends of all the respondents ....... 213<br />

6.7 Taxonomy of Turkana social ties during crises.............................. 218<br />

6.8 Chapter summary ........................................................................ 220<br />

CHAPTER 7 FACTORS THAT IMPINGE ON ADAPTABILITY IN THE<br />

TURKANA DISTRICT .......................................................................... 223<br />

7.1 Introduction ................................................................................. 223<br />

7.2 Impact of 2005-2006 droughts on<br />

Morulem and Lokichar residents .................................................. 224<br />

7.2.1 Livestock losses at Morulem and Lokichar villages..................... 224<br />

7.2.2 Changes in the distribution of wealth ........................................ 228<br />

7.3 Impact of 2005-2006 famine on<br />

Morulem and Lokichar residents .................................................. 235<br />

7.3.1 Human deaths in the households<br />

of Morulem and Lokichar villages .............................................. 235<br />

7.4 Impediments to adaptability during the 2005-2006 droughts........ 236<br />

7.5 Chapter summary ........................................................................ 241<br />

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