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Kapala (seated, L) and Alweendo (seated, R) signing the MoU in Swakopmund (Photo: Twitter/@TomAlweendo)
It is vital for countries, he added, to take advan- engines of growth and development through
tage of all available means that reduce the cost the crucial role that they play in the produc-
of delivering petroleum products, especially in tion and transportation of goods and services.
light of the volatility of international crude oil The NAZOP pipelines system is also targeting
prices. supplying other countries in the SADC region,”
“Petroleum and its derivatives drive the Kapala said. ™

Tanzania, Kenya agree

to fast-track gas pipeline

AFRICA THE governments of Tanzania and Kenya have
agreed to fast-track plans for the construction
of a natural gas pipeline that will eventually
connect the former country’s old capital, Dar es
Salaam, to the latter’s capital city, Nairobi.
Kenyan President William Ruto confirmed
reports to this effect on October 10, saying after
a meeting with his Tanzanian counterpart Samia
Suluhu Hassan that his administration intended
to move forward with the project. The gas pipe-
line is expected to reduce the cost of energy sup-
plies for Kenya’s industrial enterprises, as well
as the price of LPG (cooking gas) for residential
consumers, he said.
“We will expedite the gas pipeline from Dar
es Salaam to Mombasa and eventually to Nairobi
so that we can use the resources that we have in Ruto (L) and Suluhu (R) met on October 10 (Photo: Twitter/@StateHouseKenya)
our to lower energy tariffs both for commercial
and domestic use in Kenya,” he said at a joint the government of Kenya is required to do will
press briefing with the Tanzanian president. be done in a timely, efficient and effective man-
He also pledged to cooperate with Tanza- ner so that in the shortest time possible we can
nian authorities so that construction could access the gas resources that you have in your
move ahead quickly. “We will ensure that what country,” he said to Suluhu.

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