Tanzania MP in push for Kenya to revoke ban on gas imports
A cooking gas outlet. On April 24, 2017 Kenya's Petroleum Principal Secretary Andrew Kamau banned traders from importing gas from Tanzania via land borders. PHOTO | FILE
Outspoken Tanzania member of parliament and leader of the ACT-Wazalendo political party has criticised the move by Kenya to ban the importation of cooking gas via land borders with its neighbour, and now wants Dar es Salaam to retaliate if Nairobi fails to rescind the order.
According to Zitto Kabwe, the ban on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports is aimed at hindering the export of processed goods from Tanzania to the Kenyan market, which is in violation of the East African Community protocol on free movement of goods.
