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Kenya's early oil production awaits road upgrade

Workers at an oil rig at Ngamia 1 in Kenya's Turkana County. The government wants production to begin in 2017. PHOTO | FILE

The upgrade of the 213 kilometres road from Lokichar to Kitale in northwestern Kenya is crucial to early crude oil production to start in mid 2017.

A confidential document seen by The EastAfrican puts estimated cost of rehabilitation of the road at between $40 million and $50 million.

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