Economy Turkana crude oil trucking resumes after two-month standoffPolice officers guard trucks loaded with crude oil during a stopover at Kalemngorok on the Lokichar-Kainuk Road on June 3. FILE PHOTO | NMGOil trucking from Turkana to Mombasa resumed on Thursday after a two-month standoff brought about by protests by locals demanding jobs and enhanced security in the region. He said the education will ensure Tullow Oil and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mining properly manage the high expectations among residents, noting that many have all their hopes on oil to tackle all their problems. "We have accepted oil operations to resume but we expect our government and Tullow Oil to listen to the CS Munyes and all leaders from Turkana when they raise issues about the community to avoid costly protests," Mr Lomenen said. LossesThe deadlock cost Tullow millions of shillings in losses as the oil mining company at some point suspended all its operations in the county.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 23, 2018 09:11 UTC