[rangerone314]

At 5:30 a.m. he was asleep in his hut of thorn wood and twigs when 200 men from a rival tribe attacked.

They blew whistles to scare the sleeping victims and to give each other strength. They fired guns into the homes of the surprised and terrified herders, and shouted "At them, at them!" as they ran forward, shooting and stabbing men, women and children. Jeremiah and his family ran for their lives, screaming and yelling.

Clansmen sleeping 200 yards away leapt to their defense. Some had guns and fired back at the raiders. After an hour of dawn fighting, shooting and pandemonium, 21 villagers lay dead, 13 were wounded, and 80 cattle were shot. Twelve attackers were also killed – leading to the total of 33 dead.

http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/12/09/2146958.aspx

I imagine 25 years from now, reading a headline like "Californians battle for resources with guns and machetes..."

[Pretorian]

There are 2900 more Kenyans every day. They need to do this a bit more frequently to make a dent on their overpopulations issues. Like every 15 minutes or so.

[Oilguy]

Kenya has become the hottest oil and gas venue in East Africa since big discoveries were made in the country’s virgin oilfields last April. All eyes are on Kenya in 2013 to see how quickly--and economically they can develop those discoveries into production.

Nairobi based Taipan Resources Inc. (TPN-TSXV; TAIPF-PINK) is the 4th largest acreage owner in Kenya, and is getting ready to carry out seismic on Block 2B. They recently attracted Maxwell Birley as CEO. Mr. Birley has been instrumental in discovering more than 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent in his 30-year career—much of it in Africa and Asia.

In an exclusive interview with Oilprice.com, Taipan CEO Maxwell Birley discusses:

• Why Kenya is the hottest venue in East Africa
• Why 2013 will be a stellar year for Kenya
• Why the regulatory environment remains attractive
• Why Kenya outranks its neighbours
• Why infrastructure will be in place in time for commercial activity
• Why this venue is good for the juniors
• Why the Somalia security risk remains low
• What Taipan is really chasing

Interview by James Stafford of Oilprice.com

James Stafford: There were some major discoveries in Kenya last year. Could you give me some colour on these discoveries that has the market thinking Kenya is now one of the hottest exploration spots on earth?

Maxwell Birley: There are a couple—or 2 billion--reasons actually. First, two recent discoveries by Tullow in the Tertiary Lokichar basin of Kenya are in similar geological settings as the discoveries also made by Tullow in the Albertine Basin in Uganda, just to the west.
Uganda has over 2 billion barrels, and the discoveries are similar enough that one could assume the eventual size of the resources in the Lokichar basin could be in the billions of barrels range as well.

There are also other Tertiary basins in Kenya that are attractive. Based on geochemical work we recently did it’s possible that the eventual hydrocarbon resource size for the whole of Kenya could be much higher than this.

Being specific the unrisked prospective resources for Taipan’s acreage in Kenya is 530 million barrels. We also believe that this estimate will likely increase to approximately 1.0 billion on completion of our studies.

These estimates are for only 2 blocks in Kenya, if this is reasonably extrapolated to other blocks across the country one can easily forecast very significant hydrocarbon resource sizes indeed.

James Stafford: What’s the easiest and most challenging thing about working with the Kenyan government and in the Kenyan political climate?

Maxwell Birley: The Ministry of Energy is always ready for a meeting. They listen to our concerns and take the appropriate action. They quickly follow up and give us the support that we need with other Ministries. In the field the local administration is also very helpful. We have regular meetings to make sure our work continues without a hitch.

Source: http://oilprice.com/Interviews/Kenyan-O ... irley.html

By. James Stafford of http://oilprice.com