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The Malindi Environment and Land Court has issued interim orders temporarily halting construction and development activities on the land earmarked for the mega-investment. 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Environment and Land Court judge Justice Jane Onyango said the plans to develop the refinery on the property in question are at hand and the implementation of these plans includes a ground-breaking on Wednesday. The judge […] The post Judge declines to stop construction of Lamu refinery appeared first on Nairobi News .","published":"2026-09-28T18:59:11Z","seen":"2026-09-28T19:58:35Z","lang":"en","country":"KE","source":{"id":"kite-nairobinews-co-ke-6d64a1","name":"nairobinews.co.ke","domain":"nairobinews.co.ke"},"via":"kite-nairobinews-co-ke-6d64a1","topics":["breaking news"],"authors":["Salma Khamis"],"entities":[{"id":"Q12493814","name":"Lamu","type":"place"}],"story":"st_lgrndjarljqefyue3j3q","category":"crime-law","category_p":0.3700000047683716,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.1599999964237213,"political":0.36000001430511475},{"id":"n_rjnei45lgxvh5fsjm67q","seq":656829,"kind":"article","title":"Court Declines to Stop Sh2 Trillion Dangote Oil Refinery Groundbreaking in Lamu","url":"https://sauce.co.ke/2026/09/court-declines-to-stop-sh2-trillion-dangote-oil-refinery-groundbreaking-in-lamu","summary":"A court in Kilifi has declined to issue orders stopping the planned groundbreaking of a proposed Sh2 trillion oil refinery project in Lamu County. Environment and Land Court Judge Jane Onyango said the application seeking to stop the planned development had been placed before the court ahead of the scheduled groundbreaking on Wednesday. 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