Droughts across Africa have led to a shift in livestock ownership from impoverished pastoralists to absentee owners who contract hired herders to manage * This research has been supported by the National Science Foundation (BCS-9910557, BCS0748594), the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (Gr. 6661), the National Geographic Society (8306-07), the College of Social and Behavioral...

Conflict among herders in East Africa is a common occurrence. It affects millions of people in many ways by extinguishing their livelihoods and forcing many others to change. This paper is focused on the East Pokot pastoralists’ adjustment to conflict. The paper first presents the East Pokot as a people, their history, brief interaction with the central government, and their geographical region...