Civil society says oil export rush will cost Kenya Sh4 billion

Tullow's oil rig at Ngamia 1 in Turkana County. Inset is Petroleum principal secretary Andrew Kamau. PHOTO | FILE

Kenya’s rush to start exporting crude oil in the middle of an election year could cost the country more than Sh4 billion loss, a civil society group said yesterday.

The Kenya Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas described the plan as questionable given the costs involved and the prevailing global crude prices.

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