Ray of hope for region as new Kisumu port set to be opened

MV Uhuru, one of the vessels at the Kisumu Port which has been undergoing renovations. The port is set to be commissioned in two weeks. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

After a long wait mired in uncertainty and last-minute cancellations, President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to finally commission the refurbished Kisumu Port.

The President while fielding questions from journalists in Mombasa after his address to the nation said he will be in Kisumu in a few weeks to open the port.