By ROBERT KIPLAGAT
An oil exploration company has assured residents of Kerio Valley in Baringo County of jobs.
This was said at a meeting called to defuse tension following protests against alleged unfair hiring and tendering.
In the meeting chaired by the Baringo County Commissioner Benard Leparmarai, Baringo Central DC Noah Tonui, and area OCPD Omondi Musewe, over 400 youth accussed Tullow Oil and its subcontracted company Bio-Geological Prospectors (BGP) in the Block 12A of employing ‘outsiders’.
But BGP Human Resource Manager Eugene Mwai, who attended the meeting, promised fairness in the recruitment, saying 24 vacancies would soon be advertised for the locals.
He also added that they would review working terms after locals complained that those employed work for extra hours without being paid overtime.
Local leaders led by Kabarnet county representative Johana Chebon and his Barwessa counterpart Joseph Makilap also cautioned the company against ignoring the community.
