Jeremiah Onyango has nostalgic memories of the Kisumu Inland Port having worked in the maritime industry for years. About 44 years ago, the Kisumu port played a critical role in the East Africa Railway and water transport system. Passengers would come all the way from Mombasa, Nairobi, Nakuru to Kisumu via railway. They would end up at the port. On Tuesdays, there were a range of water vessels namely MV Uhuru, MV Umoja, MV Pamba, MV Kabalenga and MV Kahawa which were robust in ferrying passengers and goods along the Kisumu-Musoma-Mwanza-Kemondo-Bukoba-Port Bell route. The water vessels were ma…

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