Ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe mi-3 yokulungisa kanye nesikhathi sokunakekela okukhulu esikhumulweni semikhumbi saseKisumu echwebeni laseKisumu, isikebhe sikaloliwe i-MV Uhuru sizobuyela emsebenzini, ngemva kokuba inqubo yamanje yokuhlola nesitifiketi isiqediwe ekuqaleni kuka-2010.
Umkhumbi wawusebenza phakathi kweKisumu nePort Bell, echwebeni lechibi laseKampala, kodwa waphinde wasetshenziswa emzileni ophakathi kwePort Bell neMwanza eTanzania. Umthamo wesikebhe esingeziwe uzoqinisa ezokuthutha zikaloliwe zisuka eMombasa naseDar es Salaam ziye e-Uganda.
Ukudilizwa iminyaka emithathu kudalwe kakhulu, ngokusho kwemithombo evame ukwaziswa kahle eNairobi, ingxabano phakathi kweRift Valley Railways neKenya Railway Corporation mayelana nokuthi ubani ozothwala izindleko ezihlukahlukene ezihlobene nokusebenza ngokuphephile komkhumbi.
