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12 January 2010
Dining and meeting area of the Turkwel facility. Photo credit: Louise Leakey.
The construction of the facility on the west side of Lake Turkana, near Nachechichok on the Turkwel river , started in April 2008. A borehole was sunk and there is ample water which is pumped up to header tanks and gravity fed to the buildings. The power supply and Internet connection is now established. A temporary camp is in place for visitors to the station to be based until the accommodation blocks are completed. Materials such as sand and gravel for making the blocks is sourced locally and using cement mixer and brick maker the blocks are being made for construction.
The mess and accomodations buildings were completed just in time for the conference held at Tuwkel in August 2009.
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