Four heads of state and government joined President Ruto and Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote in Lamu.
Museveni’s declaration that Uganda would not invest in the refinery highlighted the competing national interests.
Museveni backed the project but said Kampala would concentrate on its planned refinery in Hoima.
The refinery is designed to serve markets in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Four heads of state and government joined President William Ruto and Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote in Lamu for the groundbreaking of the Sh2 trillion Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Special Economic Zone yesterday, giving the project continental visibility but also exposing differences over ownership and investment.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed, Benin President Romuald Wadagni and his Togolese colleague Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové were at the event, alongside former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.
