{"id":4593,"date":"2026-07-14T17:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=4593"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:12:23","slug":"climate-environmental-activists-reject-dangotes-proposed-sh2-2-trillion-lamu-oil-refinery-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livenation254.com\/?p=4593","title":{"rendered":"Climate, environmental activists reject Dangote\u2019s proposed Sh2.2 trillion Lamu oil refinery project"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Climate rights group Greenpeace Africa called on Tuesday for a halt to a proposed mega oil refinery project by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Kenya’s coastal region, warning of environmental risks.<\/p>\n

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The east African oil refinery, with a planned capacity of 700,000 barrels per day, was confirmed earlier this month to be located at Kenya’s Lamu port, ending months of speculation that Tanzania could host the project.<\/p>\n

“This project threatens to damage one of East Africa’s most fragile coastal ecosystems while locking Kenya into a risky fossil fuel future,” Sherelee Odayar, Greenpeace Africa Oil and Gas campaigner, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The group said the oil refinery, which is expected to take about 30 months to build, will lead to “habitat destruction, marine degradation, oil spill risk and dangerous air pollution”.<\/p>\n

“Lamu’s mangroves, coral reefs and seagrass beds are not expendable. They support fisheries, livelihoods and coastal protection,” the NGO said.<\/p>\n

Greenpeace Africa called for the $17-billion project to be suspended pending an independent environmental assessment before any approvals are granted.<\/p>\n

“No approvals should move forward without a full, independent environmental and social impact assessment, genuine public participation and transparent scrutiny of the long-term economic, health and ecological risks,” Odayar said.<\/p>\n

Kenyan President William Ruto has praised the project, arguing it will create jobs.<\/p>\n

About 800,000 Kenyans join the labour market each year, according to the World Bank.<\/p>\n

But Greenpeace said the project will only “create temporary jobs while undermining existing livelihoods in fishing, tourism and small-scale local economies”.<\/p>\n

“This refinery also risks becoming a stranded asset as the world moves toward cleaner energy.<\/p>\n

“It would also lock Kenya into decades of carbon-intensive development, worsening climate change and its impacts,” it said.<\/p>\n

There are still many questions around the project in Kenya, not least where it will source the oil to refine and how it will be financed.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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