How the search for oil is inflaming tensions in Kenya (Lisa Laventure, Al Jazeera)

James Rotich's parents struggled to send him to school. Only during the good years, when there was enough rain and the maize grew high, would they choose a goat from the herd to sell to cover his fees. Decades later, when the oil company arrived, it occurred to him that life could be different for his own children.

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