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The transport question sinking oil export dream

Contractors walk past an oil rig used for drilling the Ngamia-1 well in the Lokichar Basin in Turkana. [File, Standard]

The lack of a crude oil pipeline from Lokichar to Lamu is among the hurdles threatening Kenya’s dreams of oil export.

Even as the government and joint partners continue to scratch their heads on how they will fix this obstacle, a poor road network has contributed to the temporary stoppage of the Early Oil Pilot Scheme (EOPS) under which Tullow Kenya had been evacuating 2,000 barrels of oil a day.

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