Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s $16 billion oil refinery in Kenya faces another legal challenge, this time from a \u200bconsumer-rights group alleging that key details about the project \u200chave not been made public.<\/p>\n
The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) filed a petition with the Public Private Partnerships Petition Committee, COFEK Secretary General Stephen \u200bMutoro said in a post on X.<\/p>\n
It is the \u200bsecond legal hurdle for the 700,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery, after more \u2060than 130 residents filed a lawsuit, saying the land in \u200bLamu \u2014 where the plant is being built \u2014 is their ancestral heritage. \u200bA hearing on the case is due on October 14.<\/p>\n
COFEK wants any non-compliant approvals set aside for the refinery and reconsidered.<\/p>\n
It wants details about \u200bthe government’s plan to take a stake in the \u200brefinery to be disclosed, such as the acquisition vehicle, share class and payment \u200cterms \u2060and evidence that there was public participation, among other things.<\/p>\n
A Dangote Group spokesperson declined to comment.<\/p>\n
A Kenyan government spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n
When he broke \u200bground to start \u200bconstruction on \u2060Wednesday, Dangote shrugged off the land rights claim and expressed confidence the refinery would go ahead, \u200bsaying: “Anybody who wants to cause trouble, we \u200bare ready.”<\/p>\n
Dangote \u2060is looking to replicate his group’s 700,000 bpd refinery in Nigeria. He has offered regional governments a combined 30% stake in \u2060the \u200bLamu refinery, which is scheduled to \u200bbe completed in 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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