Kenya's Cabinet Secretary calls LPG terminal a strategic milestone
Latest Tanzania energy news · Kenya's Cabinet Secretary calls LPG terminal a strategi… explained · updated Aug 2, 2026 · energy news · power · electricity
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- However, Kenya's High Court dismissed the petition in late 2025, allowing construction to resume.
- Lake Gas, another Tanzanian investor operating a 10,000-metric-tonne terminal in Vipingo, Kilifi County, handled approximately 22 million kilogrammes over the same period, leaving the two companies controlling more than.
- A Sh320 billion liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import terminal being developed by Tanzania's Taifa Gas at the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone in Mombasa is nearing completion, positioning the company to reshape Kenya's.
- Once operational, the facility will become East Africa's largest LPG storage terminal, with an initial capacity of 30,000 metric tonnes stored in 12 spherical pressurised tanks.
- Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry, Lee Kinyanjui, described the project as a strategic milestone in the country's ambition to become the region's energy gateway.