Kenya to break ground on Sh2 Trillion East African Oil Refinery in Lamu

MV Da Yang docks at the Port of Lamu on Saturday carrying heavy construction materials for the Dangote East Africa refinery project.

President William Ruto will on Wednesday ground-break the East African Oil Refinery at Lamu port, launching Kenya’s bid to become a regional petroleum processing hub.

The refinery, estimated to cost $16 billion (about Sh2 trillion), is expected to be one of the largest industrial investments in the country's history.

The project will be jointly developed by the Kenyan government and Nigerian billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote, whose Dangote Group operates Africa's largest oil refinery in Lagos, Nigeria.

The refinery will be constructed at Lamu Port under the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport (Lapsset) Corridor and is expected to process crude oil from the Lokichar oil fields in Turkana, as well as crude sourced from other parts of East Africa, before supplying refined petroleum products to markets in the region.