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Locals upbeat as Kisumu Port’s upgrade nears completion

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga at the Kisumu Pier in January. An ongoing upgrade of the Kisumu Port will be completed in August. [File, Standard]

Ongoing renovation of Kisumu Port at a cost of Sh3 billion will be completed by August 15, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said on Friday. 

Overhaul of the decades-old, rusty boat deployers (ramps for lowering boats onto the lake), the dilapidated and poorly equipped workshops and the disused dry dock, currently used as a berthing for 100-foot towering wagon ferry MV Uhuru, have been ongoing since last month. 

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