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14 years on, Kenya's oil dream still a mirage amid mounting Tullow woes

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A sample of the crude oil discovered at South Lokcihar in Turkana County in 2012. [Courtesy]

On March 26, 2012, the then Energy and Petroleum Minister Kiraitu Murungi made a grand announcement: Kenya had struck oil!

Waving a small bottle of the oil he said had been discovered in South Lokcihar in Turkana County, Mr Kairaitu smiled at the cameras, sending the country into a frenzy.

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