Ekuru aukot biography of barack
Son of a Nomad....
I was the first in the Aukot family to join university.
His is not an everyday name and I am curious about it. He tells me he was born when it was raining and named Ekuru, which means rain. Aukot means a cliff. Both are names from the Turkana community, which he belongs to.
The same Ekuru Aokot who is a lawyer has easily forgotten that our good constitution allows independent candidates to vie for the elective.“Just imagine rain on a cliff. How romantic can that be?” he says in response to my inquiry about his name at the start of the interview. I can’t help but chuckle at this. Pleasant and easy going, Ekuru has a distinctive aura of humour and self-assurance.
Growing up in Kapedo village in the cradle of mankind, Turkana County, Ekuru was surrounded by a lot of culture.
His father, a nomadic pastoralist, was polygamous and had four wives and 27 children. Nonetheless, theirs was and still is a close-knit family.
Professional, change-maker, transformative, resilient.
“We have no concept of step-mother and step-siblings. We ate and slept in whichever home we pleased and we all lived within the same homestead,” he explains adding that his biological mother and only surviving step-mother are still very close.
He regards both of t
