29701. Testing Community Consent: Tullow Oil project in Kenya
- Author:
- Dan Mullins and Justus Wambayi
- Publication Date:
- 11-2017
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- This case study assesses the extent of Tullow Oil’s compliance with the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in Turkana County, Kenya. It examines the company’s engagement in selected communities and finds that, while community engagement processes have improved in important ways, it has yet to achieve FPIC. The study provides recommendations that contribute to the evidence base for FPIC practice beyond this project, in order to improve FPIC implementation across the oil and gas industry.
- Topic:
- Oil, Natural Resources, Gas, Private Sector, and Community
- Political Geography:
- Kenya and Africa