During 1958, the district experienced an influx of a number of people classified as belonging to the Turkana people expelled from the Kenyan settlement Isiolo town to be forcibly relocated to the Turkana district by persons of the then British colonial administration.
The district experienced an influx of a number of people. This was during 1958. These people were classified as belonging to the Turkana people Isiolo town to be forcibly relocated to the Turkana district by persons of the then British colonial administration. These Turkana people were expelled from the Kenyan settlement.