The Turkana District was an administrative district in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya . Turkana was the northwesternmost district in Kenya. It is bordered by the countries of Uganda to the west; South Sudan and Ethiopia , including the disputed Ilemi Triangle , to the north and northeast; and Lake Turkana to the east. To the south and east, neighbouring districts in Kenya are West Pokot , Baringo and Samburu districts, while Marsabit District is located on the opposite (i.e. eastern) shore of Lake Turkana.
32-580: Lokichogio (also Lokichoggio or Lokichokio ), is a town in the Turkana District in northwest Kenya ( 4°12′00″N 34°21′00″E / 4.20000°N 34.35000°E / 4.20000; 34.35000 ). It is often called Loki for short. The town lies on the A1 road , and is served by the Lokichogio Airport . It is about 30 kilometers from the international border with South Sudan and hosts
64-597: A border checkpoint . This was initially considered the "true" border between Kenya and Sudan but was later moved in 2009 to a new checkpoint 2 km to Nadapal , the new checkpoint is manned by the Kenya Police officers, Border police unit and the Immigration department. The Sudanese checkpoint is 2 km away from this newly constructed checkpoint. The area known as " no-man's land " is situated between these two checkpoints. The Middle East Reformed Fellowship maintains
96-632: A British diplomat in Kenya, as he tries to solve the murder of his wife Tessa ( Rachel Weisz ), an Amnesty activist, alternating with many flashbacks telling the story of their love. Filmed on location in Loiyangalani and the slums of Kibera , a section of Nairobi , Kenya . Circumstances in the area affected the cast and crew to the extent that they set up the Constant Gardener Trust in order to provide basic education for these villages. The plot
128-569: A base here to administer diaconal aid to Sudan, a training centre for pastors and elders from Sudan, Kenya, and surrounding areas, and a broadcasting centre that prepares messages in the Dinka and Nuer languages. Local people are mainly nomads of the Turkana tribe and derive their livelihood by looking after indigenous cattle . Ninety kilometers south of Loki is Kakuma , one of the largest refugee camps in Kenya. Refugees from Sudan , Ethiopia , Somalia ,
160-482: A friend in British intelligence, confirms that Pellegrin had Tessa and Arnold killed. Unable to convince Justin to return home, he gives him a gun. Justin travels to confront Lorbeer, who is treating remote villagers to atone for the lives claimed by his drug. The village is attacked by raiders, but Justin and Lorbeer escape in a UN aid plane, and Lorbeer reveals that he has Pellegrin's letter; Tessa convinced him to record
192-414: A recurring background theme that informs his patience and persistence. The film was shot partly in 16mm on location in Loiyangalani and the slums of Kibera , a section of Nairobi , Kenya . Circumstances in the area so affected the cast and crew that the Constant Gardener Trust was established in 2004 in order to thank the community for their help during filming. Kate Winslet was considered for
224-408: A special category near perfection". However, Michael Atkinson of The Village Voice criticized the film as "a cannonballing mélange of hack-cuts, impressionistic close-ups, and tropical swelter". John le Carré, in the first edition of the 2001 novel on which the film is based, provided both a dedication and a personal afterword. The dedication and part of the afterword (amended) are reproduced in
256-553: A white woman and black driver have been killed near Lake Turkana , and that Tessa and Arnold shared a room at Lodwar before hiring a car. Justin and Sandy identify Tessa's mutilated body, but Arnold's whereabouts remain unknown. Police confiscate Tessa's computer and files, but Justin finds her keepsake box, containing a letter from Sandy declaring his love for her and asking her to return Pellegrin's letter, and records of Three Bees' tests. After Tessa's burial, Justin learns from his colleague Ghita that Tessa kept Arnold's secret that he
288-592: Is known in the Kenyan language as Aturksven. Some place names in the country are attributed to the language of the Pokot and Samburu peoples, representing a tradition in the area of inhabitation by these peoples prior to displacement by the Turkana. The district was within the boundaries of the former Rift Valley province . According to data provided during 1991 the majority of the population at that time lived by way of farming. With an area of nearly 77,000 km , Turkana
320-518: Is the largest district in Kenya. Its capital town is Lodwar . The district has a population of 450,860 (1999 census). Kekarongole and Katilu had irrigation networks made commencing sometime during or after 1975. Rainfall measurements per annum (1982 data) is recorded as less than ten inches; with a range of between 115mm and 650mm. There were thirteen drought periods in a period of 50 years beginning 1938. On 26 March 2012, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced that oil had been discovered in
352-630: The DRC , and several other surrounding countries can be found in Kakuma. Lokichogio Mixed Secondary School is in the community. The town has been mentioned several times in pieces of fiction dealing with UN and NGO aid activity there. It was featured in the John Le Carré book on which the 2005 film The Constant Gardener was based, and served as the setting for much of Philip Caputo 's novel, Acts of Faith . Turkana District The entire Turkana district
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#1732876064167384-731: The UN offices (part of the Operation Lifeline Sudan program), around 49 NGOs , and a large orthopedic hospital run by the ICRC . During the war (1983–2005) between what is now Southern Sudan to include Nuba Mountains, South Kordafan Province (technically now in Sudan), Loki was the singular re-supply logistics point for the SPLA. Many flights originated from Loki to re-supply SPLA units in Nuba Mountains under
416-632: The National Islamic Front (NIF) and now termed the National Congress Party (NCP). The only medical facility, as previously mentioned, was in Loki; anyone requiring medical attention had to be flown from Nuba Mountains, near Kauda to Loki. In one case in early May 2002, a double stacked anti-tank mine(s) detonated just prior to the visit of Abdel Azziz killing two and wounding three other SPLA advisers. According to Randolph Hampton, an adviser on
448-578: The Turkana District after exploratory drilling by Anglo-Irish firm Tullow Oil, and he further stated that It is... the beginning of a long journey to make our country an oil producer, which typically takes in excess of three years. We shall be giving the nation more information as the oil exploration process continues. Gold panning was reported (2005) as occurring at Lochoremoit , Namoruputh and Ng,akoriyiek . According to Barrett (2001) cited in Watson
480-526: 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 maintained an all but complete isolation from influences of any other countries peoples until the time during 1976 when road-blocks on entering the district were ceased. The people of the north of the district were reported (2000) endangered by marauding Ethiopians and consequently forced to settle in southerly locations. The land
512-424: The announcement of a safe Dypraxa causes KDH's share price to soar. Returning to Kenya, Justin confronts Sandy, who admits that Tessa's report was silenced to save KDH from spending millions redeveloping the drug. Justin is approached by Curtis, who has been betrayed by KDH, and brought to a mass grave of Dypraxa test subjects. Curtis points Justin to Dr Lorbeer, Dypraxa's inventor, who has fled to Sudan. Tim Donohue,
544-778: The chagrin of Justin's superiors, and they lose a child late in her pregnancy. Connecting local deaths to trials of a new drug, Dypraxa, conducted by Kenyan-based company Three Bees, Tessa and Arnold write a damaging report on the drug. She gives it to Justin's colleague Sandy Woodrow, the British High Commissioner , who sends it to Sir Bernard Pellegrin, head of the Africa Desk at the Foreign Office . Pellegrin responds with an incriminating letter to Sandy, which Tessa persuades him to show her, and she steals it before departing for Lokichogio with Arnold. Sandy informs Justin that
576-452: The closing credits of the film. The first states: "This film is dedicated to Yvette Pierpaoli and all other aid workers who lived and died giving a damn." The latter continues (in the next credit): "Nobody in this story, and no outfit or corporation, thank God, is based upon an actual person or outfit in the real world. But I can tell you this. As my journey through the pharmaceutical jungle progressed, I came to realize that, by comparison with
608-409: The drug on unsuspecting Kenyans. Justin receives a threatening note, and Ham provides him with a fake passport to travel to Germany, where he meets Tessa's contact Birgit, part of a pharmaceutical watchdog group. The group has been targeted and she is reluctant to speak, and Justin is attacked in his hotel room and warned to stop investigating. Arnold's body is found having been tortured to death, while
640-475: The efforts to bring sustained peace and security to the nearly 1.5 million Nuba Mountains population. Loki is the outermost Kenyan town on the border with South Sudan. Kenyans from the southern part of Loki, however, maintain that Lodwar is the last truly "Kenyan" town in the region, about 200 kilometers south. At the north end of Loki, beyond the noted dry river bed, the Kenya Defence Forces had set up
672-434: The female lead before Weisz was cast. Lupita Nyong'o worked as a production assistant on the film. The film's worldwide gross was $ 82,466,670. On the film aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , The Constant Gardener has a score of 83%, based on 192 critical reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. The consensus reads, " The Constant Gardener is a smart, gripping, and suspenseful thriller with rich performances from
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#1732876064167704-404: The form of pacification within the district began in 1900 and ended in 1918. During 1926 the entire Turkana people were subjugated to a body of the British military who subsequently restricted their movements to an area of Kenya, forcing these to settle in the area known now as the Turkana district. During 1958 the district experienced an influx of a number of people classified as belonging to
736-509: The ground in Nuba Mountains with the Sudan People's Liberation Army/SPLA; one of the injured was Major Tutu, SPLA's higher ranking officers. Major Tutu and two others were air evacuated after stripping the plane of seats; unfortunately, Major Tutu and one other died en route to Loki's ICRC hospital due to lack of blood. Today, Nuba Mountains remains aligned with Southern Sudan and Abdel Azziz is currently in Nuba Mountains, as late 2019 supporting
768-540: The leadership of Abdel Azziz. IO and NGO's to include support from Uganda, Kenya, USA, Norway (Norwegian People's Aid/NPA) and others were most prominent in supporting the SPLA/M . (Note: "M" or "movement" denotes the political representation of the Sudan People's Liberation Army) During the interim cease fire in early 2002 in Nuba Mountains, non-lethal logistical supplies were authorized by the government in Sudan at that time, termed
800-475: The leads." It also has a score of 82 out of 100 on Metacritic , based on 39 critics. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times called it "one of the year's best films". USA Today noted that the film's "passion, betrayal, gorgeous cinematography, social commentary, stellar performances and clever wit puts it in
832-600: The same place his wife died. Ham announces the reading of an epistle , but instead reads Pellegrin's letter, exposing the deaths caused by Dypraxa and the subsequent coverup. Pellegrin storms out as Ham implicates the British government, KDH, and public complacency regarding the human cost of medicine they take for granted. The plot of the film is loosely based on a real-life case in Kano, Nigeria involving antibacterial testing by Pfizer on small children. The film's title derives from Justin's gentle but diligent attention to his plants,
864-482: The truth about Dypraxa, but he changed his mind, informing KDH that Tessa and Arnold were en route to expose the company to the UN. Justin convinces the pilot to mail Pellegrin's letter to Ham, and to drop him off at Lake Turkana. Removing the bullets from his gun, his final thoughts are of Tessa before he is killed by KDH's henchmen. In London at Tessa and Justin's memorial service, Pellegrin lies that Justin committed suicide in
896-489: The wealth of a person is kept in the form of cattle. Figures stated as of 1998 stated an average estimated herd size of 15–20. The district had three constituencies: The Constant Gardener (film) The Constant Gardener is a 2005 drama thriller film directed by Fernando Meirelles . The screenplay by Jeffrey Caine is based on John le Carré 's 2001 novel . The story follows Justin Quayle ( Ralph Fiennes ),
928-580: Was a critical and box office success and earned four Oscar nominations, winning Best Supporting Actress for Weisz. Justin Quayle, a British diplomat and avid horticulturalist, is confronted by Amnesty International activist Tessa during a lecture in London. They strike up a romance, and marry after she accompanies him to his posting in Kenya , where she befriends Belgian doctor Arnold Bluhm, leading to rumours of an affair. Tessa has no qualms confronting corruption, to
960-629: Was gay, as homosexuality is illegal in Kenya . Pursuing the truth about his wife's murder, Justin follows the trail of her report. He is briefly detained by police and confronts Three Bees' CEO Kenny Curtis, but receives no answers. Returning to London, Justin's passport is confiscated. He dines with Pellegrin, who lies that Arnold must have murdered Tessa, and believes that Justin has his incriminating letter. Justin meets with Tessa's cousin and lawyer Ham, and they access her computer files to reveal her investigation into Dypraxa and its manufacturer, pharmaceutical conglomerate KDH, which hired Three Bees to test
992-654: Was hived off the Uganda Protectorate twice: the southern section in 1902 and the northern region in 1926. In 2013, Turkana County was formally established on the same boundaries as the district. Four sites of Stone Age cultures are situated upon tributaries along the west side of Lake Turkana in West Turkana; at Lokalalei , Kokiselei and Nadung , and became of interest to archaeology beginning sometime during 1988. The earliest late Stone age industries date to 12,000 b.p. Direct influence by colonial forces, in
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1024-525: Was vaguely based on a real-life case in Kano, Nigeria . The DVD versions were released in the United States on 1 January 2006 and in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2006. Justin's gentle but diligent attention to his plants is a recurring background theme, from which image the film's title is derived. Hubert Koundé , Danny Huston , Bill Nighy , Pete Postlethwaite , and Donald Sumpter co-star. The film
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