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Lokichar-Lamu pipeline route map (Image: LAPSSET)

ESG challenges for another

East African oil pipeline

Turkana County administration continues to fight Nairobi over land acquisition for LLCOP project

ESG (environmental, social and governance) and indigenous communities – as developments
issues are already having a disruptive impact surrounding the oil pipeline component of the
WHAT: on East Africa’s midstream sector. As NewsBase Lamu Port-South Sudan Ethiopia Transport
Nairobi is at odds with has reported previously, several commercial Corridor (LAPSSET) initiative demonstrate.
Turkana County over land banks and export credit agencies have decided These efforts have been spearheaded by the
acquisition for LLCOP . against supporting the East Africa Crude Oil government of Turkana County, which is lob-
Pipeline (EACOP) since a group of more than bying against the government’s approach to
WHY: 200 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) land acquisition for the Lokichar-Lamu Crude
The project is key to launched a public campaign designed to draw Oil Pipeline (LLCOP) project. County author-
unlocking oil production. attention to the project’s impact on local ecosys- ities have already failed in their bid to make the
tems and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. court system, rather than county and national
WHAT NEXT: But ESG issues aren’t just gaining prom- governments, responsible for the land acquisi-
If the dispute gains more inence because of campaigning by NGOs. tion process. Nevertheless, they are still work-
global attention, the They’re also arising on the local level, as a conse- ing to block the pipeline, on the grounds that it
project could stall. quence of efforts to protect the interests of local threatens local interests.

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