Turkwel River
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Turkwel River is a river flowing from Mount Elgon in the border of Kenya and Uganda to Lake Turkana. The river is called Suam River from its source to the border with the West Pokot District of Kenya. The name Turkwel is derived from the Turkana name for the river, Tirkol, which means "river of many fish." A controversial hydro power plant was built by the Kenya Government in the early 1990s with the help of the France to harness the waters of the turkwell river. The project was initially supposed to cost 4 billion Kenyan shillings ended up costing more than 20 billion. Due to unreliable water amounts and silting in this very dry part of Kenya, very little electricity is being generated here.
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