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 →