
Oil isn’t a curse, it is the inequality of wealth and power that so often accompany oil that is the problem. When large oil deposits are found in an area as poor and marginalised as Turkana there is the potential for that gap to be at its most extreme. The word ‘marginalised’ is used a lot in relation to communities in northern Kenya but it is worth stating exactly what it means regarding the people of Turkana. It means that the local people have not had a direct or indirect voice in the ... Continue Reading