There are far too many instances of deaths from borehole poisoning in Marsabit with incidences of cancer now being attributed to such water in especially Kargi. Could El-Hadi be similar?
Lastly I heard Kuna nuclear waste. @pamba confirm hii maneno.
WACHENIUJINGA.
When livestock congregates to drink at a well, especially at hand drawn singing wells such as the one at Kargi, they leave manure. Plenty of it. When it rains, this manure is washed into the well and because when it is raining there’s plenty of surface water, nobody draws water from the well and therefore the nitrates in the manure become concentrated in the water. Some of the nitrates also get reduced to nitrites. These nitrites are poisonous to livestock.
Now, the local herdsmen know this and when the surface water is depleted after the rains are over, they normally drain out all the water in the well before they can start using the water again. It is back breaking word that requires communal effort. A single herdsman cannot drain a well on his own.
Now, what must have happened is that a herdsman came and just drew water for his camels before the manure poisoned water had been drawn out, hence their dying.
If there is any toxic waste buried in Northern Ke at least it is not radioactive. You can look up nitrate ground water poisoning on the internet.
The story of nuclear waste at Kargi started after the American Oil Corporation (AMOCO) buried their site waste at some place on the edge of Chalbi Desert when they were leaving their oil exploration fields in late 80s.