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President William Ruto's ambitious plan for a second Dangote refinery in Lamu received a major boost yesterday when Nigerian backer and Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote confirmed that ground-breaking could start as soon as this month, even as Kenya advances its own separate plans to begin commercial oil production in Turkana by December.
Dangote Industries has set September 30 for the groundbreaking of the planned Sh1.95 trillion ($15 billion) oil refinery in Lamu, Kenya, with construction expected to take about three years.
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