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Jeers and cheers as Uhuru, Nanok agree on oil revenue share plan

President Uhuru Kenyatta and governors Salim Mvurya (Kwale) and Josphat Nanok (Turkana) at Diani Reef Hotel, Kwale County, in December last year. [File, Standard]

The deal reached by President Uhuru Kenyatta and Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok on how to share revenues from crude oil has received divergent opinions from the local community.

While a number of leaders who had previously opposed the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) now embrace it, others are wary and feel that the community was sold out and would be short-changed.

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