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Idle for 3 years, Sh1b terminal receives first ship

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Passengers disembark from a cruise ship. [File, Standard]

After lying idle at Mombasa Port three years after its completion, Kenya's Sh1.3 billion modern cruise ship terminal received its first ship on Monday.

The World Odyssey, a cruise liner, docked at the terminal carrying 800 passengers to be welcomed by Tourism Cabinet Secretary Penina Malonza and Kenya Ports Authority acting Managing Director John Mwangemi.

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