Uganda pumps life into Kisumu port with fuel imports

Kenya’s campaign to revive a multimodal transport system at Kisumu port to serve East and Central Africa is bearing fruit, with Uganda pledging to use the facility for its oil and loose cargo starting this month.

Nairobi, which pegged the operationalisation of the port on the completion of the complementary facilities in Uganda after sinking millions of dollars to revamp the old infrastructure and to refurbish cargo ferry MV Uhuru, projects to increase cargo handled in the facility this year.

The Kisumu port is part of the East African Community (EAC) infrastructure development…