Located in the grand Turkana County, and fondly shortened to “Loki”, this cosmopolitan town is only about 30 km to the international bordrs of Kenya-South Sudan. It is home to international offices of UN (Operation Lifeline Sudan), has 49 NGO’s and a large orthopedic hospital run by the International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC). The tribes around here are mainly nomadic. The area featured prominently in Novel Writer John Le Carre’s book on which the 2005 film “The Constant Gardener” was based.