Kenya: Greenpeace Opposes Proposed Dangote Lamu Refinery, Citing Environmental Risks

Nairobi — Environmental lobby group Greenpeace Africa has opposed plans to establish a proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Lamu County by Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote, warning that the multibillion-shilling project could inflict irreversible damage on one of East Africa’s most sensitive coastal ecosystems.

The opposition comes just days after President William Ruto announced that the planned refinery would create about 60,000 jobs, saying he had reached an understanding with…