| Official Name: | Kargi |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Kenya |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Kenya |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Kenya |
| Subdivision Type1: | County |
| Subdivision Name1: | Marsabit County |
| Subdivision Type2: | Constituency |
| Subdivision Name2: | Laisamis Constituency |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | ~10,000 [1] |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 2.5036°N 37.5725°W |
| Elevation M: | 427 |
Kargi is a village in Marsabit County, located in the north-eastern portion of Kenya. Its about from Marsabit, and about from the country's capital, Nairobi.
The town has a mosque, a Catholic church, three primary schools, an all-boys secondary school,[1] and a dispensary. The town also has a water pan to the north. Manyattas, or a group of huts forming a unit within a fence characterise the towns fringes.
Kargi is estimated to be made up of 2,064 households, and 26% of its residents can read and write.[2]
Kargi is located on the Korolle Oasis inside the Chalbi Desert. The oasis and town are a stop for the animals of the Rendille, Gabra and Borana to have a drink.[3]
Kargi has a Tropical savanna climate. The district's yearly temperature is, 4.1% higher than Kenya's average. Kargi typically receives about of precipitation and has 120.09 rainy days, or 32.9% of the time.[4]
In 2017, the Kenya Off-Grid Solar Access Project (KOSAP) was launched, which planned to provide energy to 277,000 households (1.3 million people) in remote, low density, and underserved areas of Kenya. It aimed to provide energy to towns like Kargi via mini-grids.[5]
In 2020, residents from Kargi sued the state of Kenya over claims of poisonous materials being dumped in the area by international corporations. One of the companies mentioned being Amoco Petroleum, which explored for oil in the 1980s, and after no success, abandoned the project without properly cleaning. It is reported that the dumping of these materials has caused the deaths of 7,000 animals after contaminating water supplies.[6]
In 2021, World Desertification and Drought Day was held on 17 June, where some 10,000 trees were planted.[3]
Between 2020 and 2023, a drought occurred affecting the region heavily, and causing the deaths of many livestock in the town.[7]
On the 1st of March at 2AM, bandits attacked the town of Kargi, stealing about a 1000 sheep and goats and killing 3, two of which were children aged 7 and 8, and the other was a 35 year old herdsman [8]