{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_zmzxriglq5esg3jwt7kq","title":"Ruto vows to protect Dangote refinery investment from extortionists","title_en":null,"outlets":3,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/kenya-refinery-ruto-assures-dangote-of-protection-against-extortion-zmzxriglq5","count":3,"items":[{"id":"n_uyr5hgcy7q53pypfluyq","seq":1237448,"kind":"article","title":"Ruto vows to protect Dangote refinery investment from extortionists","url":"https://www.theonlinekenyan.com/daily/2026-10-01/ruto-vows-to-protect-dangote-refinery-investment-from-extortionists","summary":"President William Ruto has pledged to protect the Ksh2.2 trillion Dangote refinery investment in Lamu from individuals he described as \"extortionists\" and \"political leaders\" attempting to frustrate...","published":"2026-10-01T23:47:59Z","seen":"2026-10-01T23:47:59Z","lang":"en","country":"KE","source":{"id":"kite-theonlinekenyan-com-987605","name":"theonlinekenyan.com","domain":"theonlinekenyan.com"},"via":"kite-theonlinekenyan-com-987605","topics":["top"],"entities":[{"id":"Q121080151","name":"Ruto","type":"person"},{"id":"Q1394965","name":"Aliko Dangote","type":"person"}],"story":"st_zmzxriglq5esg3jwt7kq","category":"politics","category_p":0.4300000071525574,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.41999998688697815,"political":0.8999999761581421},{"id":"n_yfhcf3x54s3dgireennq","seq":1163727,"kind":"article","title":"Ruto vows to protect Dangote refinery investment from extortionists","url":"https://www.kbc.co.ke/ruto-vows-to-protect-dangote-refinery-investment-from-extortionists","summary":"The President Ruto pointed out that he would not allow the forces that previously frustrated Dangote’s efforts to establish a cement factory in Kenya to undermine his new investment. The post Ruto vows to protect Dangote refinery investment from extortionists appeared first on KBC Digital .","published":"2026-10-01T14:18:11Z","seen":"2026-10-01T15:35:26Z","lang":"en","country":"KE","source":{"id":"kite-kbc-co-ke-786bda","name":"kbc.co.ke","domain":"kbc.co.ke","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q6392548","name":"Kenya Broadcasting Corporation","type":"other","country":"KE","designations":["broadcast network"]}},"via":"kite-kbc-co-ke-786bda","topics":["local news","news","dangote refinery"],"authors":["PCS"],"entities":[{"id":"Q121080151","name":"Ruto","type":"person"},{"id":"Q1394965","name":"Aliko Dangote","type":"org"}],"image":"https://www.kbc.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/DANGOTE-RUTO.jpg","story":"st_zmzxriglq5esg3jwt7kq","category":"politics","category_p":0.4300000071525574,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.41999998688697815,"political":0.8999999761581421},{"id":"n_zmzxriglq5esg3jwt7kq","seq":957280,"kind":"article","title":"Kenya Refinery: Ruto Assures Dangote Of Protection Against Extortion","url":"https://leadership.ng/kenya-refinery-ruto-assures-dangote-of-protection-against-extortion","summary":"Kenyan President William Ruto has assured president of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, that nobody would be allowed to extort or blackmail him in the course of constructing the proposed $16 billion East African oil refinery in Kenya. Ruto gave the assurance on Tuesday during the official flag-off of construction of the refinery in Lamu […]","published":"2026-09-30T16:27:05Z","seen":"2026-09-30T16:49:26Z","lang":"en","country":"NG","source":{"id":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","name":"leadership.ng","domain":"leadership.ng","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q6508643","name":"Leadership","type":"newspaper","designations":["newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-leadership-ng-7cf8fd","topics":["business","news"],"authors":["Leah Ndagi"],"story":"st_zmzxriglq5esg3jwt7kq","category":"politics","category_p":0.4300000071525574,"category2":"economy-business","sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.029999999329447746,"political":0.8700000047683716}]}