Kenya earned Sh247m from Turkana crude oil sales

A picture taken on March 26, 2017, shows an oil drilling block managed by British company Tullow Oil at Lokichar basin in Turkana County.

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Kenya earned $1.915 million (Sh247.9 million) in royalties for crude oil exported from the Turkana under a scheme that was meant to test the global appeal of the commodity.

Tullow Oil revealed that the payments were made last year, with block 10BB being the highest at $1.103 million (Sh142.83 million), followed by $674,000 (Sh87.2 million) for block 13T at and $138,000 (Sh17.8 million) for block 10BA.

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