MV Uhuru II Commissioned in Kisumu City

His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived at Kisumu Pier to officially inaugurate Kenya Shipyards Limited’s Kisumu Shipyard and witness the floatation of the new 1,800-tonne MV Uhuru II wagon ferry.

Kshs 2.4 billion MV Uhuru II is the first locally manufactured ship by Kenya Shipyards Limited working with Dutch partner Damen Shipyards, a flagship project aimed at positioning Kenya as a regional ship-building hub and unlocking Kenya’s immense blue economy potential.

The successful manufacture of MV Uhuru II at Kisumu Shipyard saved the taxpayer Kshs 1.3 billion import bill and its deployment will grow Kisumu Port’s haulage capacity to over 3,060 tonnes by complementing the 1,260-tonne, 1966 assembled MV Uhuru I.

At exactly 12noon history was made in the lakeside city of Kisumu as H.E Uhuru Kenyatta commissioned the floatation of MV Uhuru II and Kisumu Shipyards Limited.