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Nema denies Tullow crucial nod pushing oil plan to 2023

Tullow crude oil. [File, Standard]

A State agency has declined to issue an environmental impact assessment licence to Tullow Oil for its operations in the Turkana oil fields.

In what now casts doubt over the commercial phase of Kenya’s oil plan, the National Environment Management Authority (Nema) said the British firm had failed to comprehensively consult the host community.

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