Tullow Oil has been forced to suspend operations at its two blocks in Turkana after locals stormed the facilities on Saturday. Two area Members of Parliament marshalled local residents to match to Tullow’s camps demanding for jobs for the locals and supply contracts for the communities. The affected are Block 10BB and Block 13T in Turkana East and Turkana South. Tullow Oil and Canada’s Africa Oil Corporation each have a 50 per cent working interest in the two blocks. Over 2000 Turkana residents matched into the two camps in an incident that saw some looting of Tullow properties. No one was injured during the skirmish, Tullow Oil officials said. Sources said the locals were seeking to chase away all the Tullow employees who are not locals and have them replaced with locals. Tullow estimates that out of the 1,700 employees at the two blocks, close to 900 are from […]