DODOMA, Oct. 1 -- ONGOING instability in the Middle East continues to disrupt the global fuel supply chain, prompting more Tanzanian motorists to turn to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), with the number of vehicles using the fuel quadrupling to more than 20,000 in just three years.

Speaking exclusively to the Daily News in Dodoma recently, Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) Executive Director Mussa Makame said the number of CNG-powered vehicles had risen from about 5,000 three years ago to more than 20,000 currently.

He attributed the increase partly to rising fuel prices since 2023, following the Russia-Ukraine war and, more recently, renewed conflict involving Israel, the United States and Iran.

He said the developments h...