Replies to post #7769 on Addax Petroleum (fka AXC)

[oil-cowboy]

And what else is new??

We are drilling... If not very soon. As per official pr from the company.

Sounds like a few local tribes men looking for money. Common place in that part of the world IMO. What fish wrap did that come from again??

That's why it's important to have a Dr Thuo on board. :-)

[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

Read on in this PDF.

[Julius Erving]

Turkana Oil and Gas industry

Welcoming CEPSA to Turkana. Wishing you all the luck in the world
http://www.oilnewskenya.com/tarach-1-well-in-kenyas-block-…/

https://www.facebook.com/kenyaoil

[Julius Erving]

In Turkana West where CEPSA is exploring, the community set up a community liaison committee (CLC),
which has representatives from each ward, but does not allow politicians to sit on the committee. The
CLC visited Turkana South to observe the community investor relations there and decided to do things
differently, creating terms of engagement which were then brought to the company and after long debate,
accepted.67 This community-led committee has been a point of contact for the company and has led the
equitable distribution of jobs through all wards, avoiding inter-clan conflicts experienced elsewhere in
Turkana. Similarly in northeast Turkana a Local Advisory Committee was formed, which also aimed to be
inclusive, with youths and faith based organizations well represented, and oversaw all jobs and tenders
and held sub-contractors to account.68

http://www.crimepreventionkenya.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Conflict-and-Extractive-Industries-in-Turkana-FINAL.pdf