It includes the upgraded Kisumu Port expected to boost exports and imports through the lake transport network mainly between Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Kisumu Port links Kenya to small ports of Musoma, and Bukoba in Tanzania and Entebbe and Port Bell in Uganda. TradeMark East Africa has vouched for Kisumu Port as a key facility that will boost trade within the East Africa Community(EAC). “Kisumu port is served by the Northern Corridor and would attract transit cargo traffic to Uganda and Northern Tanzania,” director-Great Lakes, Sjoerd Visser, told the Star. Kenya Railways which is running Kisumu Port with main operations on its MV Uhuru has also been moving oil products using the port.

Source: The Star June 09, 2021 00:56 UTC