11
Social Licence to Operate in the Energy
Transition Era: Case Study of the East
African Oil and Gas Sector
Wairimu Karanja and Nduta Njenga
Video interview by the author discussing this book chapter can be accessed at,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuig1CtyxxE&t=637s. Last accessed on 1st
September 2020.
11.1 Introduction to Social Licence
to Operate
The Social Licence to Operate (SLO), has been defined as existing when
a project has ongoing approval within the local community and other
W. Karanja (B)
Wairimu & Co., Nairobi, Kenya
e-mail: wairimu@envantagelaw.com
N. Njenga
Ministry of Water, Irrigation & Energy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
e-mail: nduta@envantagelaw.com
© The Author(s) 2021
V. R. Nalule (ed.), Energy Transitions and the Future
of the African Energy Sector,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56849-8_11
341
Social Licence to Operate in the Energy
Transition Era: Case Study of the East
African Oil and Gas Sector
Wairimu Karanja and Nduta Njenga
Video interview by the author discussing this book chapter can be accessed at,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuig1CtyxxE&t=637s. Last accessed on 1st
September 2020.
11.1 Introduction to Social Licence
to Operate
The Social Licence to Operate (SLO), has been defined as existing when
a project has ongoing approval within the local community and other
W. Karanja (B)
Wairimu & Co., Nairobi, Kenya
e-mail: wairimu@envantagelaw.com
N. Njenga
Ministry of Water, Irrigation & Energy, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
e-mail: nduta@envantagelaw.com
© The Author(s) 2021
V. R. Nalule (ed.), Energy Transitions and the Future
of the African Energy Sector,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56849-8_11
341