{"id":20235,"date":"2020-12-03T10:05:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T07:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=20235"},"modified":"2020-12-03T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T07:06:00","slug":"museveni-to-commission-largest-ultra-modern-ferry-in-uganda-mv-sigulu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/03\/museveni-to-commission-largest-ultra-modern-ferry-in-uganda-mv-sigulu\/","title":{"rendered":"Museveni To Commission Largest Ultra-Modern Ferry In Uganda, MV Sigulu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Museveni is expected to commission MV Sigulu Ferry which is Uganda\u2019s largest passenger ferry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ultra-modern 300-seater ferry is expected to boost economic growth by offering faster means of transporting produce from the Islands &amp; linking the population to markets on the mainland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMV Sigulu will provide a reliable means of transporting supplies such as Medical supplies; Agricultural inputs, Raw materials, etc to the Islands,\u201d UNRA official noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the ferry is expected to attract investors to the Islands due to improved transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MV-sigulu2-1024x762.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MV-sigulu2-1024x762.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MV-sigulu2-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MV-sigulu2-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MV-sigulu2-1536x1143.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MV-sigulu2-2048x1524.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/MV-sigulu2-360x268.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The 300 seater Ultra Modern ferry, MV Sigulu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cReduction in water transport related mortality rate as more people will be transported safely on the ferry instead of other risky means such as canoes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MV Sigulu will be connecting Islanders of Sigulu &amp; Lolwe, over 50Kms away from mainland Namayingo District, a distance previously sailed by canoes &amp; small engine boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is worth noting that MV Sigulu is designed with a kitchen area fitted with cooking appliances and a refrigerator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Museveni is expected to commission MV Sigulu Ferry which is Uganda\u2019s largest passenger ferry. The Ultra-modern 300-seater ferry is expected to boost economic growth by offering faster means of transporting produce from the Islands &amp; linking the population to markets on the mainland. \u201cMV Sigulu will provide a reliable means of transporting supplies such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":20237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31,5067,5066],"class_list":["post-20235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-lolwe-islands","tag-mv-sigulu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20238,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20235\/revisions\/20238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}