Kenya Tribunal Clears Legal Hurdle For Dangote’s $16bn Lamu Refinery

Kenya’s Public Private Partnerships Petition Committee has dismissed a challenge to Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote ’s planned $16 billion oil refinery in Lamu County, according to a report by CEOWORLD Magazine.
The committee ruled that the Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) had not established that the refinery is a public-private partnership or provided a legal basis to compel the government to release project documents.
The ruling, delivered on Friday, followed COFEK’s petition filed under Section 75 of Kenya’s Public Private Partnerships Act, 2021, the CEOWORLD Magazine said.
The group had sought to overturn approvals and obtain details on the government’s procurement rou...