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Locals feel the pain of Oil standoff after Tullow cut off water supply

A desperate herder Ng'inyang'an Ebenyo,52, tries to open a dry tap at Dapar village in Turkana East after Tullow oil company disconnected water supply in the area. There has been standoff between Tullow and the community over rising insecurity that paralysed oil transportation in the region. [Lucas Ngasike/Standard]

The standoff over Tullow Oil Company operations in Lokichar basin in Turkana County is causing untold misery for residents.

Livestock are at risk of death after the company disconnected water pumps in Dapar village in Turkana East Sub County.

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