Kenya contracts US firm to find cheaper sources for liquefied gas

Liquefied petroleum

Liquefied petroleum gas storage tanks. LPG cost in Mombasa is much higher than in Dar es Salaam. PHOTO | COURTESY 

Kenya has revived its ambitious natural gas generation project after it gave the greenlight to a US firm to conduct a feasibility study for gas power generation in Mombasa.

This comes as Nairobi seeks to cut its reliance on Dar es Salaam for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which has seen the Tanga plant in Mtwara service nearly half of the Kenyan market, trucked via Namanga and Holili border posts.