Tullow Oil operations in two of its blocks in Turkana remained suspended for the third day in a row yesterday. This as details emerged that a fight for supply contracts pitying local politicians against some contractors was the main trigger for the angry confrontation between locals and the company.
Sources said the locals are only being used to demonstrate by a group of influential politicians who want to be awarded tenders for provision of services won by other companies competitively.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article