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A dream deferred: How Tullow woes, Covid derailed Jubilee oil export plan

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President Uhuru Kenyatta flanked by Deputy President William Ruto when he flagged off the crude oil trucks during the Inauguration of the Ngamia 8 Early Oil Pilot Scheme, Turkana County. [File, Standard]

When the Jubilee government came to power in 2013, Kenya had just discovered oil in Turkana County a year earlier and was exploring ways to exploit the resource.

A decade later, and with the Jubilee administration now on its way out, the country is still exploring how to become an oil exporter.

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