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THE STANDARD
OPINION
Over the last 100 years, climate change has been a global issue. Rising temperatures, rising sea levels, coastal erosion and extreme weather events like floods, landslides and severe droughts are some of the manifestations of climate change.
Rainfall patterns have become unpredictable. Droughts and floods have become more intense, leaving behind a trail of destruction and deaths. Specifically, droughts and floods have contributed to the displacement of persons; an upsurge in mosquito-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever; cholera outbreaks in some counties; loss of livelihoods; local conflicts over resources; and food insecurity.
Studies show that women face higher risks and greater burdens from the impact of climate change. When floods and drought occur, women’s role as primary caregivers and providers of food and fuel becomes compromised. When wells and water sources run dry, women travel long distances in search of water. Longer dry seasons me
THE STANDARD
RIFT VALLEY
Members of the Ogiek community receive boxes containing Bibles written in their local language at a Narok hotel, yesterday. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]
The Ogiek community yesterday unveiled its first-ever Bible written in their native language courtesy of the BibleTranslation and Literacy (BTL).
The community spread across the counties of Nakuru, Narok, Elgeyo Marakwet, Baringo and Nandi has different dialects, making the minority group’s language near extinct due to assimilation after being evicted from Rift Valley forests.
Traditionally, the Ogiek were hunters and gatherers but population pressure and modernity have turned them into small-scale farmers famed for bee-keeping.