Dangote’s planned Kenya refinery faces legal challenge by consumer-rights group

Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote’s $16 billion oil refinery in Kenya faces another legal challenge, this time from a ​consumer-rights group alleging that key details about the project ‌have not been made public. The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) filed a petition with the Public Private Partnerships Petition Committee, COFEK Secretary General Stephen ​Mutoro said in a post on X.

It is the ​second legal hurdle for the 700,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery, after more ⁠than 130 residents filed a lawsuit , saying the land in ​Lamu — where the plant is being built — is their ancestral heritage. ​A hearing on the case is due on October 14. COFEK wants any non-compliant approvals set aside for the refinery and reconsidered. It wants details about ​the government’s plan to take a stake in the ​refinery to be disclosed, such as the acquisition vehicle, share class and payment ‌terms ⁠and evidence that there was public participation, among other things. A Dangote Group spokesperson declined to comment. A Kenyan government spokesperson did not…