Updated Tue, June 14th 2016 at 14:40 GMT +3West Pokot County has entered an agreement with Tullow Oil to explore oil in the region, area governor has disclosed. "We suspect areas along the Turkwel belt to be having oil prospects since the region borders Turkana’s Ngamia 1 where the company discovered oil," he said. "We have given the company go ahead to carry out prospects on oil exploration in the County in areas along Turkwel region belt," he said. Kachapin assured investors that the region was safe after West Pokot and Turkana Counties and national government cooperated to end cattle rustling menace. He however pointed out that the activities that will be conducted by Tullow are in anticipation of discovery since striking oil was not guaranteed.

Source: Standard Digital June 14, 2016 11:48 UTC