‘We Need Water Before Oil’: Kenyan Communities Scarred by Chinese Oil Exploration

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By David NjagiApr 16, 2020, 8:49 am274 pts
Read time: 8 mins The repeated honking of a speeding Tawakul shuttle announces the return of travellers to Merti from distant towns at dusk. It also marks the close of another searing and slow day in this part of northern Kenya. Idling villagers’ faces are suddenly lit by the prospect of seeing their…

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