Billionaire industrialist Aliko Dangote has brushed off reports regarding a court order affecting his proposed Ksh2 trillion oil refinery project in Lamu, describing legal hurdles of this nature as routine occurrences across the African continent. Speaking in Nairobi during a gathering with Kenyan and East African institutional investors, Dangote expressed full readiness to address the matter through the courts, insisting that legal challenges will not stall his investment strategy. “Yesterday, as I was landing here at night, I saw an article by Bloomberg that the court has given orders that we should not do any construction,” Dangote told the audience on Tuesday. “I said this is normal for us in Africa. In fact, this is small,” he added, signaling his resolve to proceed with expansion plans across the region. Dangote cited previous regulatory and legal encounters across Africa to illustrate his resilience. He cited a past dispute in Senegal where local courts temporarily halted operations at one of his manufacturing plants, a decision that ultimately forced his legal team to seek recourse at the country’s Supreme Court. While describing the current court order as a minor setback, the business magnate highlighted Kenya’s position as a vital regional hub for his enterprise, maintaining that his corporate group possesses the capacity to resolve local legal challenges as they aris...
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