Youths load luggage into a water vessel destined to Jinja in Uganda from Kisumu port on January 24, 2021. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]ODM leader Raila Odinga on Saturday commissioned the dredging of Lake Victoria, which will see bigger vessels dock at Kisumu Port. Read More“The dredging of Kisumu Port comes at a time when efforts to revive ports and piers along the lake including Homa Bay, Kendu Bay, Karungu Bay, and Muhuru Bay are in top gear. The dredging will increase the harbour's depth and make it accessible to more boats and big vessels to dock at the newly refurbished Sh3 billion Kisumu Port. Dredging is an excavation activity usually carried out underwater to remove sand, silt, mud, rocks, weeds, and rubbish to create routes for big vessels.

Source: Standard Digital January 24, 2021 14:01 UTC