Jubilation and trepidation in equal measure as Tullow ends Kenya’s long wait for an oil find


Issue 228 - 30 Mar 2012 | 3 minute read

Tullow is ‘really pinching itself with these results’ and so are Kenyans. Tullow’s discovery in Turkana County offers potential for big revenue flows and greater energy security, but provokes ‘resource curse’ fears as East Africa’s biggest economy finally lines up to become an oil producer

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