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333:Mtwara–Dar es Salaam Natural Gas Pipeline
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631:The Citizen Tanzania (9 November 2023).
575:"Uganda seeks LPG imports from Tanzania"
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573:Nelson Wesonga (16 August 2018).
660:Nelly Mtema (10 November 2023).
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164:Uganda National Pipeline Company
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