Kenyans should not celebrate over inconclusive reports of oil deposits

By Ben Arum

President Kibaki announced with the solemnity expected of a Cardinal that we have oil. A smiling Energy Minister displayed small bottles containing the precious liquid and I said to myself: Habeamus Petroleum! The following day I bought all the daily newspapers to read the important detail. Is the discovery viable for commercial exploitation? I was disappointed. The closest Energy Minister Kiraitu Murungi came to revealing any knowledge of the expected volumes was doubly disappointing.