Dangote faces setback as Lamu residents in court to block oil refinery project
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Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa, faces a fresh setback ahead of the opening of a Ksh.2 trillion oil refinery project in Lamu.
While preparations for a September 30 groundbreaking ceremony are ongoing, more than 130 residents of Chandavai in Lamu County have moved to court seeking to stop what they describe as the unlawful takeover and destruction of land their families have occupied and cultivated for generations.
The residents contend that the development by the Nigerian billionaire threatens to displace them without a resettlement plan or compensation.
