Inside National Oil Corporation’s Community Projects In Magadi

The National Oil Corporation of Kenya has commissioned and handed over key  community sustainability projects in Block 14T (Magadi Sub-basin) where the Corporation has been  undertaking oil exploration activities within the southern part of Block 14T that stretches from  Kajiado, Narok all the way to Nakuru and Baringo counties. 

While accompanying the Board of Directors on a tour of the Block where the Corporation is undertaking  further data acquisition, the Chief Executive Officer Mr Leparan Morintat commissioned and handed over  a modern girl’s dormitory installed with forty (40) double-decker beds and complete with an ablution  block to Oloika Secondary School. The school is situated in Shompole and is the beneficiary of Shompole  Group Ranch community sustainability projects that the Corporation has undertaken in fulfilment of the  promise to the community.

“The Shompole group ranch whose leadership is here with us today has  given us the license to operate in this area. On behalf of the Corporation, I am delighted that today  the girls will have a modern, decent and safe place to sleep. This Dormitory will definitely give  them a better opportunity to study and excel in their studies,” Noted Mr Morintat. 

Thereafter, the CEO also handed over 150 desks to the Olkiramatian Arid Zone School situated in  Olkiramatian Group Ranch within block 14T.

“The desks that we are giving out today is the fulfilment  of the promise we made to Olkiramatian Group Ranch last year. We are optimistic that the desks  will go a long way towards improving the quality of education in this school for the benefit of the  Olkiramatian Group Ranch community. The Corporation is also reviewing your other requests and  proposal presented to us and we shall revert on the same soon,” said Mr Morintat. 

The Magadi Sub-basin occupies Shompole Group Ranch, Olkiramatian Group Ranch, Musenke Community  land and a few private ranches. 

The Corporation has in the past undertaken other sustainability projects including the drilling and  equipping of two boreholes at Pakase and Olkiramatian, initiation of Musenke Irrigation Project supporting  800 households, the rehabilitation of Olkiramatian Cattle dip, and installation of dormitory beds &  provision of 300 desks and chairs for Olkiramatian Arid Zone Primary School amongst other initiatives. 

Last year, the National Oil Corporation concluded conducting a Magnetotelluric (MT) exercise on the  Magadi sub-basin aimed at gathering more data as the Corporation seeks to beef up its data on the block  to aid in the identification of drill-able prospects in the block. The Corporation is undertaking several  further studies for data acquisition to help market the block to potential farm-in partners. 

The completion of the projects has greatly improved the Corporation’s relationship with the  communities living within the block. 

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