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@ephymwangi the people of Turkana most probably have no idea of the rest of the country's jubilation #TurkanaOil

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Others joked that those at the bottom of the pile could be on a rapid ascent:In The Next 3 years some Oil Tycoon called Okideng from Turkana is going to Buy Barcelona. #TurkanaOil

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To solidify the budding relationship with oil explorers, Kenya’s government is likely to write a tax break for oil companies into law in its new tax policies.#Kenya plans tax break for #oil and gas...

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Tweet by Ian Cox

Many Kenyans rejoiced in anticipation of the wealth that oil production may generate for the country. One tweeted on Tuesday morning:I'm off to Lodwar, Turkana to open a champagne shop.. #TurkanaOil

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Tweet by joseph lelo

Kenyans all over the country were already speculating what the wealth generated through oil exports could buy. One thing on the wishlist was an end to the ongoing cross border clashes between Somalia...

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Tweet by Jonathan I. Kamau

Some looked at other oil-rich nations and predicted a grim future:soon you will hear that Kenya has been branded an 'axis of evil' and containing weapons of mass destruction #occupation #turkanaOil

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Tweet by Benson Mugambi

With the amount of talk about the exploitation of Kenya’s new found resource, one person commented:If twitter could mine anything, #turkanaoil fields would be dry by now.

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One of the nation’s biggest selling dailies ran a six-page report on the oil discovery on Tuesday, detailing the finds:

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Tweet by Alun McDonald

Despite The Nation’s in-depth coverage, one Twitter user pointed out that those most affected by the discovery, the Turkana people, were not represented in the report:Today's Daily Nation has 6 pages...

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However, the paper did publish this poignant cartoon contrasting Kenyans elsewhere with the Turkana, the region’s ethnic group. Turkana county is a semi-arid part of the country and home to under one...

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A citizen TV report about the poverty-stricken Turkana county highlights some of the troubles faced by its people on a daily basis. The report says that after hearing the news of the oil discovery the...

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Tweet by Poshia Musesya

There were plenty of puns pointing out how the discovery of oil wouldn’t cure the dryness that Turkana has traditionally suffered from.#TurkanaOil..just had to twitpic this...lol http://t.co/1IRm4KEa

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