肯尼亚一家法庭驳回了一个消费者权益组织提起的诉讼，该诉讼质疑非洲首富阿利科·丹格特在拉穆群岛复制其日产量70万桶的尼日利亚炼油厂的计划。
A Kenyan tribunal dismissed a case filed by a consumer-rights group challenging 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.
公私合作伙伴关系申诉委员会在周五的裁决中表示，该诉讼未能证明这个160亿美元的项目属于公私合作伙伴关系。
The suit failed to prove the $16 billion project is a public-private partnership, the Public Private Partnerships Petition Committee said in a judgment on Friday.
根据法庭文件，肯尼亚消费者联合会曾要求该法庭下令披露该国因政府支持该项目而产生的资金和公共负债。
The Consumers Federation of Kenya had asked the tribunal to order disclosures on the East African nation’s funding and public liabilities arising from the government’s support of the project, according to filings.
法庭表示：“请愿人既未证明该项目是公私合作伙伴关系项目，也未为申诉委员会下令披露任何文件提供法律依据。”
“The petitioner neither proved that the project is a PPP nor laid any legal basis for the Petition Committee to order for disclosure of any documents,” the tribunal said.
财政部长约翰·姆巴迪告诉法庭，丹格特的新炼油厂是“一项私人商业投资”，最终不会将项目移交回国家。他表示，政府的作用“是向任何符合条件的私人投资者提供的支持”。
Treasury Secretary John Mbadi told the court that Dangote’s new refinery is “a private commercial investment” and there will be no eventual transfer of the project back to the state. The role of the government “is support that would be available to any qualifying private investor,” he said.
丹格特清除了这一法律障碍，为这座旨在让东非摆脱对进口成品油完全依赖的炼油厂铺平了道路。
Dangote’s clearing of this legal hurdle paves the way for the refinery that’s meant to cut eastern Africa’s complete reliance on imported refined fuel.
美国与以色列对伊朗的战争强化了建设这样一座服务于该地区的设施的理由。战争导致燃料价格上涨和库存减少，因为冲突导致霍尔木兹海峡关闭，而该海峡承载着全球约五分之一的石油供应。
The case for such a facility to serve the region has been amplified by the US-Israeli war on Iran, which led to higher fuel prices and dwindling inventories as the conflict resulted in closure of Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for about a fifth of the world’s oil supply.
两周前，一名高等法院法官解除了此前暂停建设该石化综合设施的命令。该命令源于133名拉穆当地居民提起的法律诉讼，他们称自己的土地所有权受到侵犯。
Two weeks ago, a high court judge lifted an order that had halted construction of the petrochemical complex, a legal challenge filed by 133 local inhabitants of Lamu who say their land ownership rights have been violated.
阅读：肯尼亚法院解除暂停160亿美元炼油厂工程的命令 在该项目奠基仪式上，丹格特对针对该项目的法律挑战不屑一顾，表示：“任何想找麻烦的人，我们都准备好应对他的麻烦，并让他头疼。” 这座规划中的炼油厂是名为“拉穆港—南苏丹—埃塞俄比亚运输”（Lapsset）走廊的数十亿美元基础设施计划的一部分，该计划包括铁路、管道、发电厂、公路和机场。
READ: Kenya Court Lifts Order That Halted Work on $16 Billion Refinery During groundbreaking for the project, Dangote has brushed off legal challenges to it, saying, “anybody who wants to cause trouble, we are ready for his trouble and we’ll give him headache.”The planned refinery is part of a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure plan known as the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport, or Lapsset, corridor that includes railways, pipelines, a power plant, roads and airports.