Samburu
Northern frontier
“The traveller who greets the well always drinks.”
Pokot, Arror and Samor households across the Samburu frontier around Baragoi and Maralal.
- Capital
- Maralal
- Region
- Northern frontier
- Altitude
- 1,000 to 2,400 metres
- Economy
- Livestock, honey, tourism, small trade
- Pokot
- Arror
- Samor
Maralal · Baragoi · Suguta Marmar · Wamba border wards
Samburu is not a Kalenjin ancestral county, but Pokot, Arror and Samor households have long lived across its frontier, particularly around Baragoi, Suguta Marmar, and the Samburu Turkana border.
This is one of the toughest peace geographies in Kenya, where drought, cattle, and old grievance meet along the wells and the pasture routes. The elders of the Kalenjin communities here work daily with Samburu and Turkana neighbours to hold the ground steady.
The Foundation supports the councils of elders across the frontier, women's groups in the market towns, and schools that serve the herding families of the county.
Peace along the frontier
Joint elder work with Samburu and Turkana neighbours around Baragoi and Suguta Marmar.
Herding families
Support for herding households through droughts and cattle recovery.
Schools of the frontier
Bursaries and library work for schools serving Pokot, Arror and Samor children in the county.
Samburu Liaison (placeholder)
Community Coordinator, Northern Frontier
info@kalenjin.foundation
If you live or work in Samburu and would like to be involved, please write to us and mention the county in your subject line.