Western Geco<\/a> exclusive rights to acquire any data over any offshore acreage exlusive permits the lobby group argues are usually granted by the Minister for Energy and not NOCK<\/p>\nNOCK also granted Western Geco the right to store any existing data with COFEK arguing any existing data belongs to the government of Kenya and if NOCK allows Western Geco to host any such existing data especially where there are active PSCs the confidentiality of the data will be at risk.<\/p>\n
According to COFEK the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) had also failed to stabilize fuel prices, occasioned high food and transport costs hence higher inflation.<\/p>\n
Her\u00a0biggest blow was however the recommendation for prosecution for abuse of office by the Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission.<\/p>\n
Sumayya has been at the helm of the National Oil Corporation since 2010 replacing Mwendia Nyaga as CEO.<\/p>\n
Photo courtesy of OilInKenya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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