Confusion as opening of port postponed 12 hours to the event

A watermaster dredger machine at Kisumu port that will clean and maintain the lake by removing sediments and debris from the bottom to the harbors. [Collins Oduor/Standard]

The planned opening of the refurbished Kisumu Port was yesterday abruptly cancelled with barely a day to the event.

President Uhuru Kenyatta was today expected to lead five other East African presidents in launching the operationalisation of the port, which has been under renovation for the past eight months at a cost of Sh3 billion.