PhD thesis Title Page Final _Richard Juma - Victoria University ...

Lokichar
There were approximately 2085 families. They occupied a fairly extensive
area but there were ten distinct clusters. As already mentioned, they were
living in their usual (Manyattas) homes. The sampling was done as follows:
Sampling stage 1: The ten clusters were given numbers 1-10. Two of the
numbers were picked at random: numbers 3 and 7.
Sampling stage 2: All the households in clusters 3 and 7 which had fallen
into the sample were listed as they appeared in the registers at the office of
Turkana rehabilitation Project. The sample procedure used at Morulem
was repeated here. A random sample of 35 households was picked at
Lokichar.
The total sample size for questionnaire interviews was therefore 80. It was
originally designed that a sample of over 100 respondents would be picked
for the interviews. However, for reasons which will be discussed below, the
sample was made smaller for intensive interviewing and cross-checking of
responses. The samples interviewed were considered representative of the
pastoral community in the study sites.
In practice, however, due to the fact that Turkana pastoralists are
normally mobile, I was prepared to repeat the sample process to select
another household within the same sample area if a sample household had
migrated, 53 but nevertheless, I found the main sample community to be
intact. There were also other contingency measures in place. For example;
if an entire sample community had moved out of the area, a new sample
area was to be selected.
53 In such a case, efforts were to be made to follow the sample community that had
migrated to their new destination, and continue interviewing them there. In cases where
this was not possible, for example due to long distances being involved, a new sample
community was to be selected. I did not experience any problem with my original
samples.
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