In this interview with Diana Wanyonyi, Agnes Leina describes both how water shortages forced a change in the lives of herding peoples in Kenya and how her organization honors indigenous knowledge and traditions. Agnes Leina is the Executive Director and founder of Illaramatak Community Concerns and a pastoralist from Baragoi, Samburu County, in Northern Kenya. She worked on getting indigenous rights and gender in the UN Climate agreement.
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