Addax Petroleum (fka AXC)

[Julius Erving]

The other mechanism used by Tullow to work with local
communities in Turkana was through a team of about 30
community liaison officers (CLOs) covering the three oil
exploration blocks (10BA, 10BB and 13T) in Turkana North, East
and South respectively. Local community representatives
interviewed in these areas indicated to us that they did not
trust the CLOs and disliked the methods employed to make
contact with and engage with local communities. In particular
they complained about the use of local politicians (MPs and
MCAs) as community interlocutors, the fact that when people
expressed grievances either they were not listened to, or
Graph 3.1 anyway the follow-up was very limited, and the expectation of appeasement in return for ‘traditional’ gifts such as sugar and tobacco. For a more detailed assessment, see section 3.6.

https://www.cordaid.org/media/publications/Turkana_Baseline_Report_DEF-LR_Cordaid.pdf

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