Tullow Oil company sued by 13 children over environmental degradation in Turkana
A worker walks at a Tullow Oil explorational drilling site in Lokichar, Turkana County, Kenya, February 8, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
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The petition which was filed at Lodwar Court on Thursday seeks among other reliefs that Tullow Oil Company compensates the community for the loss of their animals which they argue has been occasioned by the waste dumped by the company to the environment.
They also want the company to be compelled to clean and remove all the waste they have dumped to the environment.
Additionally, they want the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to institute criminal proceedings against the company management for environmental degradation.
In the petition, the residents say that since the company started mining oil, they have lost lots of cattle which is their main source of income.
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