Kenya's environmental watchdog has given a British oil and gas firm the greenlight to start Sh16.4 billion ($159 million) drilling for commercial gas on Pate Island, Lamu county.
The National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) has cleared Zarara Oil and Gas Ltd - a fully-owned subsidiary of Midway Resources International (MRI) - to start drilling one of two wells believed to contain huge natural gas deposit on the archipelago.
