Gloom for idle port as State now puts on hold railway revival plan

Old ferry at Kisumu port in a picture taken on January 17,2019. The port has become inactive because of the water hyacinth cover that has kept ferries away from docking at the port.(Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

A 4000-tonne dredger stands marooned in hyacinth at the Kisumu port. About a kilometre away, construction of a ship assembly yard is ongoing.

The yard is expected to put together four hyacinth harvesting machines to clear the lake before the towering dredger digs up the port area into a harbour for large shipping vessels and a 63km kilometre shipping channel.