Race for EA oil projects: $16bn Lamu refinery puts Ugandan plan to the test
Kenya’s President William Ruto and industrialist Aliko Dangote inspect machinery before the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Dangote East Africa Refinery in Lamu, Kenya, on September 30, 2026.
New mega refinery on Kenya’s coast is reshaping the petroleum landscape as Kampala navigates competing projects to capture more value from its crude
For more than a decade, President Yoweri Museveni has defended Uganda’s decision to export its crude oil south through Tanzania rather than east through Kenya to the port of Lamu.
