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Court stops compulsory acquisition of land for oil exploration in Turkana

Workers walk past storage tanks at Tullow Oil's Ngamia 8 drilling site in Lokichar, Turkana County, Kenya, February 8, 2018. [REUTERS]

KITALE, KENYA: The Environment and Lands Court in Kitale have issued temporary orders restraining the National government from compulsory acquisition of land with oil deposits in Turkana County.

Turkana County government moved to court seeking conservatory orders to stop the implementation of the National Land Commission (NLC) decision to compulsory acquire the indigenous ethnic land.

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