肯尼亚一家法院撤销了一项曾叫停非洲首富阿利科·丹格特（Aliko Dangote）在拉穆群岛建设其尼日利亚70万桶/日炼油厂复制品计划的命令。
A Kenyan court lifted an order that had halted plans by Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, to build a replica of his 700,000 barrel-a-day Nigerian oil refinery in the Lamu archipelago.
高等法院法官简·奥尼亚戈（Jane Onyango）周三在沿海城镇马林迪宣读裁决时表示，反对建设这座耗资160亿美元工厂的申请人在请愿书中引用了错误的土地地块，并已获准予以更正。
The applicants in the case opposing the construction of the $16 billion plant cited the wrong land parcel in their petition and had been granted leave to correct it, High Court Judge Jane Onyango said in a ruling handed down in the coastal town of Malindi on Wednesday.
修正后的诉讼将于11月24日开庭审理，这将允许更多当事人加入。申请人律师乔治·瓦卡休（George Wakahiu）向法庭表示，约700名额外的肯尼亚人已表示希望成为反对该设施请愿的一部分。
The amended suit will now be heard on Nov. 24, enabling more parties to join. About 700 additional Kenyans have indicated that they want to be part of the petition against the facility, their lawyer George Wakahiu told the court.
最初的诉讼由一组133名请愿人提起，他们抱怨称自己的财产权遭到剥夺。他们还指控丹格特未能证明拟建炼油厂将符合肯尼亚的环保法规，且公众未就此事接受咨询。
The original case was filed by a group of 133 petitioners, who complained that they had been deprived of their property rights. They also alleged that Dangote hadn’t shown the planned refinery would be compliant with Kenya’s environmental code and that the public wasn’t consulted about it.
请愿人在法庭文件中称，肯尼亚法律要求“在实施任何重大项目前必须进行强制性环境影响评估”，并要求公众参与。拉穆被指定为联合国教科文组织世界遗产地。
Kenyan laws require “a mandatory environmental impact assessment be done before the implementation of any major project” as well as public participation, the applicants said in their court filings. Lamu is designated a Unesco World Heritage site.
该炼油厂是被称为“拉穆港—南苏丹—埃塞俄比亚运输走廊”的数十亿美元基础设施发展计划的一部分，该计划包括铁路、管道、发电厂、公路和机场。自伊朗战争爆发以来，扰乱了生产和供应链，该地区减少对中东石油依赖的需求变得日益迫切，该炼油厂的建设将有助于满足这一需求。
The refinery is part of a multibillion-dollar infrastructure development plan known as the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia transport corridor that includes railways, pipelines, a power plant, roads and airports. Its construction would reduce the region’s reliance on oil from the Middle East — a need that’s becoming increasingly pressing since the Iran war erupted, disrupting production and supply chains.
丹格特表示，新工厂预计将于2030年投入运营，并打算在内罗毕证券交易所上市该项目的股份。他已向东非国家提供该项目30%的股权，肯尼亚和卢旺达表示已准备好投资。
Dangote has said the new plant should be ready for commissioning in 2030 and intends listing shares in the venture on the Nairobi bourse. He has offered Eastern Africa nations a 30% equity stake in the project, with Kenya and Rwanda saying they are ready to invest.
肯尼亚财政部长约翰·姆巴迪表示，将在拉穆新建一个拥有八个泊位的港口，以服务该炼油厂。还将修建管道，将来自肯尼亚、埃塞俄比亚和南苏丹油田的原油输送至该工厂。
A new eight berth-port will be built in Lamu to facilitate the refinery, according to Kenyan Treasury Secretary John Mbadi. Pipelines will also be constructed to bring crude to the plant from fields in Kenya, Ethiopia and South Sudan.
在上个月的奠基仪式上，丹格特表示，针对该工厂的法律挑战不会延误其建设。
During a groundbreaking ceremony last month, Dangote said legal challenges to the plant won’t delay its construction.