This well is your well, this well is my well...
Lucas and Kariuki travelled to Maralal on Thursday, November 1st to locate a viable well site in Lkurroto. They had a problem with the car on Friday (shocking!) so began surveying on November 2nd evening. Initially, they went to survey near Daniel’s manyatta where they looked at three potential sites. There was no water.
On November 3rd, they were approached by the community who asked what they were doing. They were concerned because they had not been involved with the decision making process. With this, Lucas decided to mobilize the community on Sunday, November 4th by going to churches etc. He met the chief, area councilor and community leaders. The biggest thing he learned is that in Maralal, the land is subdivided, not like Samburu East where all land is community property. Everyone has their individual land.
On November 5th and 6th, they had extensive meetings and it was decided that If they find water anywhere, the land owner should be committed to donating the land to the community and give people access to it.
Kariuki will return to Maralal on November 14th to complete the survey.