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HISTORY OF LOPEDURU Lopeduru is an area located in TURKANA COUNTY KENYA. it is found in the eastern constituency called turakana east it boarders SAMBURU NORTH through the small village called paikati.which is aadjacent to LORIU hills. located in katilia ward and sits next to lokorkor and under geographical REVIEW it stood to be a location in the year 2020. its early traced to have started in early 1940s in the era of GREAT fathers like LOKORIJEM, KALIBAN ,NGIRIONOGURA,NGIKATUROK, PROPHET BARUA, IKAAL the father of current senior chief katilia ward among others.

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES. Being a pastoral area its invaded by turkana ethnic group whicvh is named as plain nilotes bordering pokots in tiaty samburu in samburu north and rendile in marsabit; the locals practice pastoralism which is their main activity,

LOriu HILLS is used as grazing land ,aboi a etom hills,kosikiria ,louren benyo ,ekengot or ngikengoi ,ngapaoi ,riet and on the western side they graze at kangaki hills, nakwakaaal near nakukulas in KOCHODIN WARD and on northern parts they grace at naukotlem ,nakiria near kakalel in turkana south

Farming is practiced in areas of naadota ,morukomol, naangor angalup, abariin near kaaao , amana a NABE , etuntun near namorui akwaan and even to the adjacent river kerio areas of nakolobae and naparipari.

SOCIAL LIFE. Turkana community is divided into various divided clans including, ngimurok, ngiduya, ngipucho , ngingolereto ,ngikaleeso,ngisiger , ngimacharkwata among other clans not mentioned. The biggest withstanding largest clan in the area is KALIBAN family under the descendants of mzee LOKIRION, LOSIKE AND NABE who are from EDUYAIT CLAN. Also the family of mzee ngikaturok is from the eduyait clan [[Turkana people|Http.lopeduru.co.ke]