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An employee of Tullow Company breaks a seal from trucks of the first crude oil consignment from Lokichar, Turkana upon arrival at the Mombasa's Changamwe KPRL storage facility. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard]
The Government will not invest any money in the Turkana-Lamu crude oil pipeline, with the companies that are exploring for oil expected to source for funds to construct the line.
The 900-kilometre pipeline is projected to cost Sh100 billion, although a consultant is currently undertaking preliminary designs that are expected to inform the shape that it will take as well as the cost.
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