Britain's Tullow says Kenyan protesters block oil trucks

[Geza Ulole]

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JULY 4, 2018 / 4:28 PM / UPDATED 17 HOURS AGO
Britain's Tullow says Kenyan protesters block oil trucks

Reuters Staff

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NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyans protesters demanding more security in the north of Kenya have blocked trucks carrying oil from Tullow’s fields, the British energy company said on Wednesday.

The truck scheme aims to transport about 2,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude from northern oil fields to the coast to test oil flow rates and other technical issues before the start of full production and exports via a pipeline to be built by 2022. The pilot truck scheme was launched in June.

“Tullow confirms that there have been interruptions to the trucking of crude oil in Turkana County. Tullow is working with the respective national government agencies, the county government, local leadership and the communities to ensure that the matter is resolved amicably,” the firm told Reuters.

“Tullow has provisionally reduced the number of personnel in the field while operations are paused,” it said.

Government officials were not immediately available to comment.

Kenyan media said the protests that began last week were to demand the deployment of more security forces in the area, which has long been plagued by banditry and cattle rustling. Turkana also lies near South Sudan, a nation torn by years of conflict.

Reporting by Duncan Miriri; Editing by Edmund Blair

Britain's Tullow says Kenyan protesters block oil trucks

 

[Bilionea Asigwa]

Kenyans as usual....
Once a nyang'au always a nyang'au...

 

[ISIS]

Kaaazi kweli kweli

 

[mwaswast]

WAKENYA SIO WASHENZI WANAZIJUA HAKI ZAO SIO KAMA WABONGO WANAOIBIW KILA UCHAO BILA HATA SWALI...SI NI JUZI TU WAKULIMA WA KOROSHO WAMENYANG'ANYWA MALIPO YAO YA KOROSHO NA HAMNA LOLOTE LITAFANYIKA ETI NI USTAARABU...https://jamii.app/JFUserGuide MEN INGEKUWA NI nyang'au hakungekalika mpaka pesa zilipwe. Pesa na madini ya tanzanite si zinaibiwa tu na hamna kinachofanyika ila wanaanci wanafumbua macho kama watoto eti waziri kuachiswa kazi ilhali swali nyeti halijajibiwa bado...1.5 trillion ilienda wapi Geza Ulole?

 

[Mzalendo80]

Uzuri ukiwa unazijua haki zako, hakuna wa kukubabaisha. Sio kama nchi ya Tanzania Rais ndio kila kitu. Tuliambiwa tuandamane tukajifunguia majumbani. Watanzania ni wanafiki

 

[pingli-nywee]

Safi sana, wanatumia mradi wa serikali kuilazimisha serikali kusikiza malalamishi yao. Inaitwa Kenya.

 

[ndughuri msuya]

Safi sana, wanatumia mradi wa serikali kuilazimisha serikali kusikiza malalamishi yao. Inaitwa Kenya.

Acheni kusifu mvua inayokunyeshea na mwisho inakuletea homa,halikuwa tegemeo la serikali na wawekezaji haya kutokea.yote haya nipapara za abunuasi

 

[pingli-nywee]

Acheni kusifu mvua inayokunyeshea na mwisho inakuletea homa,halikuwa tegemeo la serikali na wawekezaji haya kutokea.yote haya nipapara za abunuasi

Mtazamo wangu na wako ni tofauti. Kenya kuandamana na kutetea haki zetu imelindwa chini ya katiba, ni haki ya kila mwananchi. Jukumu la kulinda haki zetu kama wananchi ni letu sisi wananchi. Huwa tunatekeleza jukumu hilo bila kusitasita. Wewe kwako kudumisha amani ndio jambo la muhimu zaidi ya yote. Hata wakikukaba m*p#mb# unakausha tu. 😀😀😀

 

[Mkikuyu- Akili timamu]

Uhuru went on an international borrowing spree while stealing all of it hoping that in time he shall steal turkana oil from the locals and sell it to cover his own theft. Amejua Hajui