"You cannot say ‘development’ is telling people that your way of life doesn’t work anymore,Yes, I think it is a human rights abuse and an environmental abuse."
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Ikal Angelei
Ikal Angelei is a Kenyan politician and environmentalist. She was born in Kitale. She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2012.
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