For many of the Turkana and Pokot peoples, the centuries-old way of life continues with some significant changes. The rhythm of the desert determines their lives as they search for new pastures for their flocks of camels, cattle and goats. But outside pressures are taking their toll. The fragile environment on which they depend is under threat. Depleting resources, inter-tribal conflict, loss of human life and property, disruption of socio-economic activities is exacerbating an already precarious existence of the Turkana and Pokot peoples. But overshadowing all of these causes of change has been and continues to be the Turkwell Gorge HydroElectric Plant described as “the dirtiest deal in Kenya’s history”.