Dangote’s loss, Devki’s bet: Battle to turn Kitui’s limestone into wealth
When Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote sought to establish a cement factory in Kitui, the investment promised to transform the county’s limestone-rich hills into an industrial powerhouse. But the project never materialised, leaving residents waiting for jobs and economic opportunities from their mineral wealth.
More than a decade later, another industrial giant is making progress in the same area. Devki Group, owned by billionaire Narendra Raval, is investing billions of shillings in a clinker plant in Ngaaie, Mwingi North, even as unresolved questions over land and compensation continue to shape the project’s history.
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