MV Umoja
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MV Umoja is a Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa. She is a train ferry that Marine Services Company Limited of Mwanza, Tanzania[1] operates between Jinja, Mwanza, Musoma and Kisumu.[2] Umoja means "unity" in Swahili. She has been involved in several accidents and is featured in a book by Paul Theroux.
History
Umoja and her sister ship Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". were built in 1965 by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland,[2][3] and entered service in 1966.[4] At over Script error: No such module "convert"., they were the longest vessels on any of the East African lakes.[4]
The two vessels were owned and operated by the East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (EARH) until 1977, when EARH was divided between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Uhuru was transferred to the new Kenya Railways Corporation[2] and Umoja was transferred to the new Tanzania Railways Corporation.[3]
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In 1997 TRC's inland shipping division became a separate company, the Marine Services Company Ltd.[5]
In his book Dark Star Safari, Paul Theroux gives an account of a journey on Lake Victoria aboard Umoja, detailing the hazards from out-of-date charts and emphasising the friendliness and competence of the crew.[6]
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