Nairobi, May 6 -- President William Ruto's government has come under pressure over plans to establish a multi-billion-dollar joint regional oil refinery in Tanga, Tanzania instead of reviving the collapsed Changamwe refinery in Mombasa.

The development comes after MPs asked Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi to come clean over the justification of the joint project, which will see Kenya pump billions of dollars in a neighbouring country.

Appearing before the Senate on Wednesday, CS Wandayi was at pains to explain the viability of the Tanga project as Mombasa Senator Mohamed Faki raised concern over it.

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