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Energy ministry restarts delayed licensing round of 10 oil blocks
Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum Opiyo Wandayi after appearing before a joint sitting of the Senate Standing Committee on Energy and the National Assembly's Departmental Committee on Energy at County Hall, Nairobi, on January 12, 2026.
The government has revived its plans to launch a new licensing round of 10 oil and gas exploration blocks, nearly a year after the process stalled due to the absence of requisite laws.
The Energy and Petroleum Ministry is already recruiting an expert to undertake the first-ever competitive auction of 10 oil and gas blocks in the Anza and Lamu basins.
