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Appendix 3: Key Informants Schedule
1. Oral history and cultural interpretation of drought and famine by the Turkana elders.
2. In the past, who used to warn people of the impending outbreak of drought and famine?
3. In the past, were there any rituals or ceremonies related to drought and famine? Are they
still being observed today by the Turkana people?
4. How effective were traditional means of wading off famine?
5. How effective are the cultural means for weathering drought and famine to be managed
by the government?
6. How best would the Turkana themselves like drought and famine to be managed by
them/ by the government?
7. Would you consider Turkana pastoralist more vulnerable to the devastating effects of
drought and famine today than in the past?
Explain fully what factors are perceived to account for the changes in adaptive
capacity if any?
8. Do you think the dispossessed Turkana fall off the reciprocal network during drought
and famine as the recent/present one?
9. How does one re-enter pastoral life after a major drought like 2005-2006 0ne, and in the
past?
10. In your view, would you say famine relief food as distributed in this famine relief camp
reaches the needy? How are the people using their famine relief rations?
11. Considering what we have discussed, how would you describe your current situation
and or/ that of other Turkana people in this village? Explain
• Do you consider yourself or them better than the way you were before drought
or vice versa?
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