Sifuna Raises Alarm Over Multi-Billion Turkana Oil Project, Warns Kenyans

The lawmaker raised concerns that even as a new conglomerate explores oil in Turkana, locals and Kenyans in general may never benefit from the venture...

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Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has called for public scrutiny of the Turkana Oil Field Development Plan (FDP), labeling it the “biggest scandal” of President William Ruto’s administration due to alleged red flags and suspicious amendments.

The FDP outlines commercial development of oil in Turkana's South Lokichar Basin, Blocks T6 and T7.
Sifuna highlighted concern over Gulf Energy's, formerly Tullow Oil, rapid changes in ownership and name.
A key amendment increased the maximum recoverable cost for petroleum production from 55 percent to 85 percent.
The Senate Standing Committee on Energy has invited public feedback on the FDP and Production Sharing Contracts by January 16.

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