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Turkana Tobong’u Lore cultural festival
Tobong’u Lore (means welcome home) is a tourism and cultural festival organized by Turkana County government. The festival attracts visitors from all over Kenya. The event’s objectives are to promote peace, […]
The Turkwel River
The Turkwel River is one of the few permanent Rivers in Turkana County. The name Turkwel means a river that withstands the wilderness. The River originates from Mt. Elgon on the […]
Turkana County is the cradle of mankind
I have been to Turkana four times. This is the 5th time that I have returned to Lodwar on a work mission. I love documenting my travels and this Lodwar trip […]
Tullow Oil Kenya demands KES 204 billion from government as compensation for its 6 years of exploration activities in Lokichar Basin
The Ministry of Petroleum could not agree with the British Oil company saying that the bill is excessive and not justified. Tullow Oil Kenya has stakes in oil blocks 10 BA, 10BB […]
Managing Expectations in mining oil and gas
Managing Expectations in mining oil and gas There are numerous issues surrounding the mining oil and gas sector in Kenya. These issues have been on the public discourse. The members of the […]
197,000 acres of land to be acquired for Lapsset Projects in Kenya
197,000 acres of land to be acquired for Lapsset Projects in Kenya The chairman of National Land Commission (NLC) Prof. Mohamed Swazuri has confirmed that the land acquisition process for LAPSSET Projects […]
Turkana County Executive Audit Report FY 2015/2016
This review of Turkana County executive audit reports. We’ve focused on the following audit queries: Repair and maintenance of water points by Diocese of Lodwar on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with […]
Tullow Oil finds more Black Gold in Turkana
Tullow oil has discovered more oil in Turkana. Now Kenya is moving close to reaching the 1 billion barrels of oil reserves. The 75 meters of oil were discovered in two places […]
Transportation of oil from Turkana to Start in April 2017
The Lokichar oil from Turkana Country will be transported to Mombasa for refinery starting from April. The officials of Tullow Oil company noted that they want to test whether the quality […]
Tullow Oil engagement with communities
This morning I woke up at 4 am in the morning to catch a flight to Kapese, Lokichar in Turkana County. This is the crude oil capital of Kenya. It was my […]
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Francis Atwoli response to Mohamed Fazul over COTU contributions
Below is a quote from Dr. Francis Atwoli response to Fazul, after the latter demanded that security guards should not remit their contributions to the Central Organizations of Trade Unions (COTU). The […]
Importance of electrification of railways
Kenya has zero percent of electrified railways despite recently completing their construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) which they had a chance to electrify but chose to go for the diesel […]
