Project 254 - Episode 53 - MV-UHURU WAGON FERRY ROARS BACK TO LIFE AT THE REFURBISHED KISUMU PORT

After many years of neglect, the hope of many residents of Kisumu County was rekindled when President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the refurbishing and upgrade of the Kisumu Port to a modern facility, as one of Kenya’s key infrastructure projects expected to drive the country’s economic growth and facilitate expanded trade within the East African Community. The Mv-Uhuru Wagon Ferry was refurbished after 13 years of inactivity and is now transporting petroleum products from the Kisumu Port to Uganda, having made 27 voyages so far. Mv-Uhuru was built in 1965 and has prevailed the waves of Lake Victoria for almost 6 decades.