Kenya, Tanzania agree on gas pipeline plans

Samia Suluhu Hassan and Uhuru Kenyatta.

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Nairobi, on May 4, 2021. PHOTO | PSCU

Kenya and Tanzania on Tuesday signed an agreement to start working on a gas pipeline from Dar es Salaam to Mombasa in what the two countries’ leaders said was part of a long-term project to share energy resources.

At a joint Press conference in Nairobi, Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu and her Kenyan counterpart Uhuru Kenyatta said they had agreed to build more interconnecting infrastructure, starting with a gas pipeline and roads.