Kenya Shipyards Limited is rehabilitating Homa Bay Pier for the Kenya Ports Authority at a cost of KSh 500 million. The project aims to boost trade, fishing and passenger transport on Lake Victoria, People Daily reported.
Kenya is putting KSh 500 million into rebuilding Homa Bay Pier on Lake Victoria, People Daily reported on Friday. Kenya Shipyards Limited (KSL) is carrying out the work for the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).
The project aims to restore the pier's role in trade on the lake, the paper said. Officials expect it to boost trade, fishing and passenger transport.
For lakeside traders and fishermen, a working pier could make it easier to move goods and people across the lake. People Daily said the rehabilitation is part of a wider plan to revive regional commerce through inland waterways.
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