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How my discovery of crude oil in Turkana County was stolen

Kengara Monena during the interview. [PHOTO/DENNIS OKEYO/Standard]

Nairobi Monday March 26, 2012. Straight from a long mid-morning function, President Kibaki, all excited, confirmed news that had been sweeping across newsrooms as mere speculation.

At the tail end of a rather colourless state function, Kenya’s third president announced that the country had struck gold – a rich vein of black gold that would play a big role in transforming the country’s fortunes.

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