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Oil firms must be fair in dishing out goodies

By Ibrahim Sheikh Mohamed
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The Constitution of Kenya 2010 Article 61(1) stipulates that, “All land in Kenya belongs to the people of Kenya collectively as a nation, as communities and as individuals.” It is therefore criminal for any local or foreign individual or body corporate to assume that since it has been granted a license by the national government to undertake any form of economic activity in any part of the country, then that is a direct license to operate in a manner that contravenes the fundamental rights of the local communities.

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