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World Service,14 Mar 2014,17 mins

Kenyan Oil

Business Daily

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Turkana in north western Kenya has found oil. The BBC’s Anne Soy went there to find out how the local population are hoping to benefit from this new found natural resource. There’s much newer energy technology in the programme too – hydrogen fuel cell. Dennis Hayter, the Chair of the UK Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association explains what they are and how they can produce environmentally benign energy. Plus Jeremy Wagstaff looks at how new mobile phone apps could make hiring a taxi less of a lottery.

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