Tanzanian gas pipeline to cut cost for Kenyans

Gas pipeline

A gas pipeline. Importation of gas from Tanzania will offer Kenya an alternative to lowering the cost of cooking gas. PHOTO | FILE

The Kenyan government has announced plans to speed up construction of the proposed gas pipeline from Tanzania in an effort to cut prices of cooking gas.

President William Ruto on Monday said the 600-kilometre pipeline that Kenya will use to import gas from the Mtwara plant in Tanzania is a priority item, a pronouncement that looks set to end a delay of over one year.