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Tullow has stopped Kenya oil fields due to security issues

Oil site. [Photo/Courtesy]

British oil company Tullow Oil has suspended its operations in the oil fields of Turkana region citing insecurity.

The company decries hostility that has hampered oil transportation to the coast. Chief Executive Paul McDade told the press on Wednesday that decision had been made since there was no indication that situation could return to normalcy.

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