The Dongo Kundu Taifa Gas storage facility is a planned liquefied petroleum gas storage project proposed for the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone in Kenya. The development is intended to expand gas storage capacity and support fuel supply within the country.
Taifa Gas SEZ Kenya Ltd is expected to develop the facility at Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone. According to project information, the investment is also expected to create direct and indirect employment opportunities once operations begin.
Taifa Gas operates in several countries including Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.
According to statements from the Kenya Ports Authority, the project site is located about four kilometres from the Port of Mombasa and is among developments approved to proceed. It was also stated that a tender had been awarded to a Japanese company for construction of the Dongo Kundu multipurpose berth at an estimated cost of Ksh42 billion.
As of 2026, the facility is 80% complete, with commissioning expected in the course of the year. The 30,000-metric-tonne capacity terminal, run by Tanzania’s Taifa Gas, aims to lower cooking gas prices, with plans for expansion to 45,000 tonnes to serve East Africa.
Other Projects
Other than the Dongo Kundu Taifa Gas LPG plant, Kenya is also making advances on the Dongo Kundu LNG power plant. The gas-fired power project is currently advancing as the National Treasury’ Private Public Partnership (PPP) unit conducts critical viability tests. The tests include a feasibility study to evaluate the project’s technical, economic and environmental sustainability. Once complete, the results will shape the commercialization of the planned project.
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Dongo Kundu Taifa Gas Storage Facility Capacity
The facility that is being built at Dongo Kundu shall have a capacity of 30,000 tons. The government of Japan under JICA has been providing the funds for enabling the implementation of quite a number of projects at the port which include a quay of 570 meters that has 550,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) of capacity berths 21 and 20. Also, Japanese government financed the establishment of berth 22 which has a quay that has a length of 300 metres and TEU capacity of 450,000. The Special Economic Zone project that is being conducted under the KPA was mooted in in the year 2002 by the government of the late president of Kenya Hon. Mwai Kibaki.
The construction works of the Dongo Kundu Multipurpose berth are anticipated to kick off early 2024 and are expected to pave way for the Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone which has pulled quite a number of investors that want to set up factories and other industries.
There are a good number of firms that have shown their interests in Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone and are inclusive of that that submitted their tenders to conduct services at the Port of Kisumu, Port of Lamu, and the Port of Mombasa. According to Kenya Ports Authority, some investors in the area are expected to come into the ground at the start of 2024 as more firms have shown their interest in the area.