{
  "id": 10932816,
  "title": "Ruto: Govt to use National Infrastructure Fund to invest in Dangote’s Lamu refinery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/ruto-govt-to-use-national-infrastructure-fund-to-invest-in-dangotes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T11:22:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/business/ruto-govt-to-use-national-infrastructure-fund-to-invest-in-dangotes-lamu-refinery"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President William Ruto has announced that the Kenyan government will use the National Infrastructure Fund and public assets to acquire a stake in the planned Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery in Lamu, placing public capital at the centre of the country’s participation in the multibillion-dollar project. Ruto said Kenya would contribute assets, including land, rather […]",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "Benin President Romuald Wadagni arrives in Kenya ahead of Dangote Lamu refinery groundbreaking",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/benin-president-romuald-wadagni-arrives-in-kenya-ahead-of-dangote",
        "published": "2026-09-30T05:22:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "[PICTURE STORY] Kindiki heads to Lamu for Sh2.2tn refinery groundbreaking",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/picture-story-kindiki-heads-to-lamu-for-sh2-2tn-refinery",
        "published": "2026-09-30T05:59:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}