Ikal Angelei

Ikal Angelei is a Kenyan politician and environmentalist. She was born in Kitale. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2012, in particular for her voicing of environmental implications of the Gilgel Gibe III Dam, speaking on behalf of Kenyan indigenous communities.[1] She is the founder of the organisation Friends of Lake Turkana which campaigns for environmental justice in the region around the Lake Turkana.[2]

Ikal Angelei
Ikal Angelei, 2017
Born
Kitale, Kenya
NationalityKenyan
OccupationPolitician
AwardsGoldman Environmental Prize (2012)

References
  1. "Ikal Angelei". Goldman Environmental Prize. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  2. "Friends of Lake Turkana". friendsoflaketurkana.org. Retrieved 4 March 2019.


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