Emva kolungiso oluphantse lube yiminyaka emi-3 kunye nexesha lolondolozo olukhulu kwizibuko laseKisumu echibini elomileyo, isikhitshane sikaloliwe iMV Uhuru siza kubuyela enkonzweni, emva kokuba inkqubo yangoku yohlolo kunye nenkqubo yoqinisekiso igqitywe ekuqaleni kuka-2010.
Inqanawa yayisetyenziselwa ukusebenza phakathi kweKisumu kunye nePort Bell, ichweba lasechibini laseKampala, kodwa yasasazwa kwindlela ephakathi kwePort Bell neMwanza eTanzania. Umthamo owongeziweyo wezikhitshane zikaloliwe uya komeleza uthutho lukaloliwe ukusuka eMombasa naseDar es Salaam ukuya eUganda.
Ukuyeka iminyaka emithathu ubukhulu becala kubangelwa, ngokwemithombo eqhelekileyo enolwazi eNairobi, yingxabano phakathi kweRift Valley Railways kunye neKenya Railway Corporation malunga nokuba ngubani oza kuthwala iindleko ezahlukeneyo ezinxulumene nokusebenza ngokukhuselekileyo kwenqanawa.