Sh2.2 trillion oil refinery project in Lamu County designed to refine 700,000 barrels daily and supply petroleum products to Kenya and East African nations.
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The Standard
The groundbreaking of the Sh2.2 trillion Dangote East Africa refinery took place in Lamu County yesterday, with leaders backing a plan by Africa to process its raw materials and reduce imports into the continent. …
Sh2.2tr oil project kicks off amid threats and promisesThe Standard
The groundbreaking of the Sh2.2 trillion Dangote East Africa refinery took place in Lamu County yesterday, with leaders backing a plan by Africa to process its raw materials and reduce imports into the continent. …
By hook or crook: Sh2.2tr Lamu refinery project kicks off amid scrutinyCitizen Digital
Dangote East Africa refinery: Ruto assures Lamu residents land concerns will be handled lawfully By Emmanuel Too September 30, 2026 08:54 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter President William Ruto presides over …
Dangote East Africa refinery: Ruto assures Lamu residents land concerns will be handled lawfullyCapital News
… Dangote is very welcome in Kenya,” Kalonzo said on Wednesday, as President William Ruto and the Nigerian billionaire presided over the groundbreaking of the Dangote East Africa Refinery in Mokowe, Lamu County. …
Kalonzo welcomes Dangote investment, recalls origins of Lamu visionCitizen Digital
… efinery project By Tonny Ndungu September 30, 2026 03:05 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto has said the construction of the Ksh.2 trillion Dangote East Africa Refinery …
Ruto touts Ksh.2B Monthly Wage Bill from Lamu refinery projectCapital News
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 30 – East African Community (EAC) Principal Secretary Caroline Karugu has hailed the Dangote East Africa Refinery as a transformative investment expected to strengthen the region’s energy security, accelerate industrialisation and deepen intra-regional trade. …
PS Karugu hails Dangote Lamu refinery as boost to East Africa integrationCapital News
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 30 – East African Community (EAC) Principal Secretary Caroline Karugu has hailed the Dangote East Africa Refinery as a transformative investment expected to strengthen the region’s energy security, accelerate industrialisation and deepen intra-regional trade. …
PS Karugu hails Dangote Lamu refinery as boost to East Africa integrationCitizen Digital
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6 Heads of State to attend groundbreaking of Lamu Oil refineryCitizen Digital
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6 Heads of State to attend groundbreaking of Lamu Oil refineryThe Standard
… A vessel carrying about 2,930 tonnes of construction equipment, the first batch for the project, has already docked at Lamu Port.The Dangote East Africa Refinery is a $16 billion facility, about Sh2.2 trillion, planned near Lamu Port on the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transpor …
Lamu buzzes as Kenya's biggest oil refinery breaks groundThe groundbreaking of the Sh2.2 trillion Dangote East Africa refinery took place in Lamu County, with President William Ruto and investor Aliko Dangote backing a plan for Africa to process raw materials and reduce imports, while warning residents against court challenges to the project.
1 October 2026 · The Standard →
The groundbreaking of the Sh2.2 trillion Dangote East Africa refinery took place in Lamu County, with President William Ruto and investor Aliko Dangote backing a plan for Africa to process raw materials and reduce imports, while warning residents against court challenges to the project.
1 October 2026 · The Standard →
The Dangote East Africa refinery project, valued at Sh2.2 trillion, held its groundbreaking in Lamu County. President Ruto and investor Aliko Dangote urged residents against opposing the project through court action, framing it as essential to Africa's industrialisation and Kenya's regional transformation.
1 October 2026 · The Standard →
President William Ruto led the groundbreaking ceremony for the KSh2.2 trillion Dangote East Africa Refinery project in Lamu, assuring residents that land concerns over the more than 7,000-acre site will be addressed lawfully. The refinery is expected to be completed within three to 40 months and create more than 60,000 direct and indirect jobs.
30 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka welcomed Aliko Dangote's multibillion-shilling investment in the Lamu refinery while noting that the project's foundational vision originated in an earlier administration. Kalonzo said he and former leaders Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga developed the LAPSSET corridor and Lamu Port as flagship projects under Vision 2030.
30 September 2026 · Capital News →
President William Ruto said the construction of the Ksh.2 trillion Dangote East Africa Refinery in Lamu County is expected to inject more than Ksh.2 billion into the economy monthly through workers' wages during the four-year construction period and create approximately 60,000 direct and indirect jobs.
30 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenya's EAC Principal Secretary Caroline Karugu has hailed the Dangote East Africa Refinery as a transformative investment that will strengthen the region's energy security, accelerate industrialisation, and deepen intra-regional trade among East African countries.
30 September 2026 · Capital News →
East African Community Principal Secretary Caroline Karugu has hailed the Dangote East Africa Refinery as a transformative investment that will strengthen the region's energy security, accelerate industrialisation, and deepen intra-regional trade, describing it as a catalyst for East Africa's economic integration and prosperity.
30 September 2026 · Capital News →
President William Ruto and five other African heads of state—from Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Burundi—will attend the groundbreaking of the Dangote East Africa Refinery in Lamu, which is expected to cost over Ksh.2 trillion and take three years to complete. The refinery will supply refined petroleum products to Kenya and neighbouring countries including Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC.
30 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Six heads of state, including President William Ruto and leaders from Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, and Burundi, will attend the groundbreaking ceremony of the Lamu Oil refinery, a Ksh.2 trillion project expected to take three years to complete and supply refined petroleum products to Kenya and neighbouring countries.
30 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President William Ruto presided over a groundbreaking ceremony in Lamu on Wednesday for a Sh2.2 trillion oil refinery led by the Dangote Group, which is expected to reshape Kenya's petroleum sector and make it a regional fuel-processing hub. Regional leaders including Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, and Togo's President Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové attended the event.
30 September 2026 · The Standard →
President William Ruto will break ground on a Ksh.2 trillion Dangote East Africa Refinery on Kenya's coast, expected to take up to three years to complete. The refinery is designed to refine 700,000 barrels per day and produce more than 100 million litres of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel daily, helping reduce East Africa's reliance on imported fuels.
29 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President William Ruto will break ground on September 30 on a Ksh.2 trillion Dangote East Africa Refinery in Lamu, designed to refine 700,000 barrels per day and expected to take up to three years to complete. The refinery will supply refined petroleum products to Kenya and neighbouring countries to reduce East Africa's reliance on imported fuels.
29 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
President William Ruto has begun an 8-day development tour of the Coast region covering six counties, with plans to issue nearly 200,000 title deeds and break ground for a new refinery in Lamu valued at Ksh.2 trillion.
26 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →