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Oil transportation to resume next week after leaders meeting

Trucks of the first crude oil consignment from Lokichar, Turkana arrive at the Mombasa's Changamwe KPRL storage facility on Thursday 7th June, 2018. [Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]

Oil transportation from Ngamia 8 in Lokichar, Turkana County to Mombasa will resume next week, two weeks after residents blockaded trucks demanding that the government addresses insecurity and unemployment.   

Turkana leaders and national government officials met on Thursday and reached an agreement that Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) resume operations after elected leaders explain to residents the deliberations.

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