Tanzania’s imports of goods from Kenya have continued to fall, with Dar es Salaam cutting its purchase of electricity from Nairobi for the first time in two years.
Data from the Ministry of Energy already shows that power exports to Tanzania dropped 67.3 per cent to 170,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) in the first three months to March.
The data further showed that Kenya ceased importing power from Tanzania last year, following the successful completion of electricity-generating programmes the Government is working on.
Uganda, however, stepped up electricity purchase from Kenya in the review period. Uganda bought 10.4 million units from Nairobi in the first quarter of the year, accounting for 98 per cent of Kenya’s power exports that stagnated at 10.6 million units in the review period.