Roba B. Jilo is a shepherd and research associate at World Peace Foundation, at The Fletcher
School, at Tufts University. His work focuses on the intersections of land policy in drylands
and climate change in areas occupied by pastoralist communities in the greater horn. His
recent work in northern Kenya addresses impact of infrastructure (roads) on the mobility
of the pastoralists, where mobility remains key elements for the livelihoods of pastoralist in
challenging ecology inhabited by the pastoralists.