Ruto in Tanzania

Kenya will benefit from cheap natural gas imported from Tanzania with a likely effect of bringing down the cost of generating power.

It’s against this background that Kenya struck a long term deal during the reign of retired President Uhuru Kenyatta for Tanzania to export its natural gas surplus to Kenya to aid the generation of electricity where power tariffs continue to hit the roof. This is after President William Ruto and his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu agreed to revive an agreement that will allow Tanzania to export gas into Kenya through a pipeline from Dar es Salaam connected to Mombasa and finally to Nairobi. Kenya will benefit from cheap natural gas imported from Tanzania with a likely effect of bringing down the cost of generating power and eventually of living.

Tanzanian President Samia Hassan and Kenya President William Ruto met in Dar es Salaam for bilateral talks.

Ministers in the trade and investment sector have been tasked with working to resolve the remaining 14 barriers, Hassan said. Tanzania imposed a 25% import duty on Kenyan confections in 2020, saying the country used zero-rated industrial sugar imports to produce them. The presidents of Tanzania and Kenya have agreed to fast-track construction of a natural gas pipeline designed to increased trade and lower energy costs for both countries.

He was received by DP Gachagua, CDF Kibochi and MP Kimani Ichung'wa.

His visit to Uganda and Tanzania were his first since he became President. •His visit to Uganda and Tanzania were his first since he became President.. He went to Uganda on Saturday, spent the night there and attended the country's Independence Day celebrations on Sunday.

President William Ruto has pledged to increase the trade volume with Tanzania so as to foster strong bilateral ties between the two neighboring countries.

We want to double trade which is do able," said President Ruto during his maiden visit in Tanzania as President. President Ruto outlined that the remaining barriers have locked trade between the two nations in the East Africa region. Kenya's trade with Tanzania has grown steadily in the past years in the wake of improved relations between the two countries after years of feuds that at one point resulted in retaliatory measures such as trade bans.

President William Ruto on Monday stopped a Tanzanian official from translating his English speech to Swahili. Ruto was making his speech when the official ...

The President delivered his speech in English and at some point shifted to Swahili to explain what he had stated. This translates to : "Is there anyone here who doesn't understand English? "I don't think it is necessary to translate, kuna mtu haelewi hapa kiingereza?

Kenyan President William Ruto speaks at State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday in the presence of his host, President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

We are waiting for its operationalisation. So far, 54 have been resolved, and we are left with 14,” President Hassan said. “I have come here to underscore that. “You laid a good foundation after you came into office and worked with my predecessor. “We have agreed to enhance the cooperation that exists between our security agencies so that we can share information, strategies, and be able to deal with these challenges to secure our countries and region,” she said. Increasing trade is where we want to go...we want to more than double trade between the two countries, and it is doable,” President Ruto said.

President William Ruto and President Samia Suluhu Hassan have agreed on working formula that will eradicate trade barriers between Kenya and Tanzania.

She went on: "Our two countries are connected by a common culture, language and heritage. This is a clear indication that trade is in favour of Tanzania," said Dr Ruto. She said the two countries have agreed on the need to ease the transportation of key energy resources, noting that measures have been put in place on the implementation of the project.

President William Ruto is on Monday scheduled to hold talks with his Tanzanian counterpart Samia Suluhu.

His second was in Uganda on Saturday. President Ruto arrived in Tanzania on Sunday for a two-day state visit after attending Uganda's 60th independence anniversary. The visit to Tanzania will be President Ruto's third in the African continent after visiting Ethiopia on October 6, 2022, for the launch of Safaricom.