Tycoon Aliko Dangote wants to build an oil refinery in Lamu, a delicate ecosystem, where motoring has been prohibited since the beginning of time.

Lamu was built as a transshipment hub, a port where cargo lands and moves directly to other markets, and should remain that way, complementing rather than competing with Mombasa.

Even before the groundbreaking ceremony for the grand construction of an oil refinery in Lamu County takes place, concerns have emerged over the lack of a skilled workforce

Tycoon Aliko Dangote wants to build an oil refinery in Lamu, a delicate ecosystem, where motoring has been prohibited since the beginning of time.