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Lobby raises alarm over Tullow Oil's Sh258m land lease pay

Workers walk past storage tanks at Tullow Oil's Ngamia 8 drilling site in Lokichar, Turkana County, Kenya, February 8, 2018. [File, Standard]

Tullow Oil has released Sh258 million as part of the compensation for accruing community land leases in the South Lokichar Basin in Turkana County.

The money has, however, raised eyebrows after civil society groups in the oil-rich region claimed that some cumulative oil proceeds meant for land lease and compensation amounting to millions had not been accounted for.

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