Kenya pins its prosperity hopes on oil

Kenya is eager to make its entry into the oil export business in 2017. It plans to start on a small scale, producing almost a million barrels over a period of two years.

There is concern, however, that plans are premature and profits will be hard to come by.

The promise of petrodollars has generated high expectations, especially in Turkana – the arid north-western region of Kenya where the oil was discovered.

The BBC’s Nancy Kacungira went to Turkana to find out more for Africa Business Report.