By EDWIN OKOTHMore by this AuthorTaxpayers may have to wait longer for Kisumu oil jetty to start operations and make the desired returns on the Sh1.9 billion the government sank in more than a year ago. Extended delays appear imminent even after Uganda announced it would complete its side of the jetty in two months. Uganda Minister for Works and Transport Monica Azuba said on Wednesday that the Entebbe jetty would be ready by July. “Generally, the vessels and receiving jetties are not immediately available to support the use of the Kisumu oil jetty,” a March 2018 briefing to the board read. One of the two vessels in Kenya is an old Kenya Railway ship that has not been operational for a decade.

Source: Daily Nation May 12, 2019 10:30 UTC