Updated Sat, October 29th 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3Cargo ferry, MV Uhuru, which is currently abandoned at Kisumu Port. [photo: COLLINS ODUOR/Standard]Lake Victoria’s giant cargo ferry, MV Uhuru, which was grounded in 2006 over technical hitches and lack of business, is being repaired and could sail again in six months. “It costs Sh20 million to Sh30 million to repair the boat, it would cost over Sh700 million to buy a new one. MV Uhuru is still in good shape and we are sure its return will be a game-changer in maritime trade in this region,” Okoth said. The ferry’s planned return coincides with government plans to revive the old Nairobi-Kisumu metre gauge railway and the current Kisumu pier to complement the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and the planned Sh14 billion modern Kisumu port.

Source: Standard Digital October 28, 2016 19:52 UTC