Uganda, Nov. 7 -- On October 4, a gleeful Capt Mike Mukula tweeted the picture of a giant marine vessel he called 'MT Kabaka Mutebi II.'
He wrote that it had been pushed into the waters of Lake Victoria, for the first time.
Mukula added on the lake's local name: Nalubaale. In the same tweet - Mukula, who is the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice-chairperson Eastern Uganda- explained how they have spent two years building this colossus of a motor tanker (MT), which he said measures 188 metres (long) and 23 metres (wide), and weighs over 4 tonnes.
"The ship upon being unveiled docked at the Port Jetty in Kawuku awaiting final calibration and bath metrics to Kisumu port, Kenya," Mukulu tweeted before revealing how Mr Charles Pet...