MV Umoja

MV Umoja is a Lake Victoria ferry in East Africa. She is a train ferry that Marine Services Company Limited of Mwanza, Tanzania operates between Jinja, Mwanza, Musoma and Kisumu.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 MV Uhuru were built in 1965 by Yarrow Shipbuilders in Scotstoun, Glasgow, Scotland, and entered service in 1966. At over 300 ft (91 m), they were the longest vessels on any of the East African lakes.

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 and Umoja was transferred to the new Tanzania Railways Corporation.

Umoja struck rocks in 1990, 1996, and 2002. The 2002 accident caused $160,000 worth of damage.

In 1997 TRC's inland shipping division became a separate company, the Marine Services Company Ltd.

Umoja

Umoja is the Swahili word for "unity". It may also refer to:

Umoja (album)

Umoja is the seventh album from the Dutch band BLØF, released on March 3, 2006. It was produced with help of many foreign artists. It had already been sold 50.000 times before it was released, and was the number one album sold in the Netherlands in the month after the release date. The title of the album is Swahili for 'be one'.

A documentary about the album was made in September 2007.

Tracklist

Personnel

BLØF

Additional musicians

Binnenstebuiten (Yele)

Lyrics translated by Harry Kimani

Mens

Aanzoek Zonder Ringen