Hurting Tanzanian LPG dealers now ask Kenya to withdraw ban

A local cooking gas outlet. Tanzanian traders have been accused of exporting adulterated gas into Kenya. [File, Standard]

Tanzanian cooking gas dealers have called for an end to the import ban on the commodity by Kenya, saying it was hurting business in both countries.

Under the aegis of the Tanzania LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) Association, the traders said the blanket ban only served to benefit “a few companies in Kenya” that wanted to monopolise the trade.