Lamu

Tanga in Tanzania, Lamu in Kenya and Hoima in Uganda are competing to become East Africa's main energy hubs. Each port city is tied to major oil infrastructure plans, including refinery and pipeline projects linked to the region's crude exports, as Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda jostle for a central role in the region's growing petroleum trade.

Kenya's High Court has ordered a halt to construction of the Dangote refinery project in Lamu. The ruling stops work on the facility, which is associated with Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote, pending further legal proceedings. The decision carries significant weight for the project's timeline and for investment plans tied to the Lamu region, and it is likely to draw responses from both the company and government stakeholders.