When cameras roll out in Pokot

In terms of media coverage, Pokot receives so little attention, perhaps for the most part, due to it's isolation and inaccessibility from the capital, Nairobi. However, whenever the mainstream Kenyan media make an expedition to any part of Pokot, they definitely comeback to their parent media houses with a breathtakingly high-voltage news report. And when their stations come alive, the whole country comes to terms with the sorry state of villages tucked away in the far-flung fringes of the country.

Often times, some of the viewers who succumb to a state of denial  can be forgiven, for indeed it is so hard for them to imagine that what they are watching on TV is actually emanating from one part of the same country they belong to called Kenya. However, it is what it is.....Pokot is quite another world, inhabited by nomads herding cattle and roaming the hilly plains of the Cherangani hills albeit with a ton of very harsh environmental  social and economic realties.

In the following short TV bulletins aired out in the recent months, Pokot is put in the limelight, at it were,  as the cameras of the investigative journalists rolled out in focus. Check them out ( please note that The Daylight Children's Center and School is located in the region highlighted by the TV news reports here on), and let me know your take, won't you?

Water scarcity is a huge problem to the people here.....

...and this,

With food shortages rampant....diseases and hunger related ailments can easily spin out of control and the toll is that of village proportions

....and then this,

Cattle-rustling ( ie cow-jacking) is a longstanding nightmare among the Pokot and the fellow nomad counterparts in the region. In this video clip, Nation TV crew attends one peace meeting organized between Pokot and Turkana warriors aimed at enhancing peace and understanding in the area.

Today, please pray for the people in these villages, and pray also for the children who were rescued from these villages, and who are being sheltered, educated, and cared for at the Daylight Center and School in Kapenguria, West Pokot, Kenya. Thank you for your time.Amen!