{
  "id": 10624759,
  "title": "Court temporarily halts Dangote refinery construction in Lamu",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/court-temporarily-halts-dangote-refinery-construction-in-lamu",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T05:40:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/court-temporarily-halts-dangote-refinery-construction-in-lamu"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Malindi Environment and Land Court has temporarily halted the construction of a multibillion-dollar Dangote refinery at Lamu County pending the hearing and determination of the application filed by Salim Tima Swale and 132 others as urgent. In the suit, the defendants urged the court to restrain the Office of the President, Dangote Industries, and […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "Sh2.2trn Dangote Lamu refinery’s dilemma: Where will crude come from?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/sh2-2trn-dangote-lamu-refinerys-dilemma-where-will-crude-come-from",
        "published": "2026-09-29T03:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "MP Wandeto urges Ruto to halt Lamu refinery groundbreaking over court order",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/mp-wandeto-urges-ruto-to-halt-lamu-refinery-groundbreaking-over-court",
        "published": "2026-09-29T05:21:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}