Taifa Gas to transform Kenya's LPG market competition

TLDR

• However, Kenya's High Court dismissed the petition in late 2025, allowing construction to resume.
• Taifa Gas has also expanded upstream after agreeing to acquire a 49 percent stake in PanAfrican Energy, the operator of Tanzania's Songo Songo natural gas field, strengthening its position across the energy value.
• 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.
• Beyond its scale, the investment is expected to transform Kenya's LPG market by increasing competition in a sector that has long been dominated by two bulk importers.
• Until now, Taifa Gas has largely served the Kenyan market by transporting LPG cylinders across the Tanzania-Kenya border by road, a model constrained by transport costs and limited carrying capacity.