Tag: Kenya Ferry Services

Impunity as KFS still running unseaworthy vessels in Likoni

Even before the bodies of Mariam Kighenda, 35, and her four-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu are buried, impunity is still at play at the Likoni crossing channel with little having seemingly changed. Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) is still running the already declared unseaworthy vessels with their ramps still ploughing in water. By Monday, MV Harambee, whose […]

Another disaster in waiting at Kenya Ferry Services… This is MV Likoni

This follows Saturday night incident when MV Likoni ‘s iron sheet roof was almost blown off by strong winds causing panic among ferry users.

Govt acquires equipment from SA firm to retrieve bodies in Likoni accident

Coast Regional Coordinator John Elungata on Monday said that Kenya Ferry Services Managing Director Bakari Gowa should take responsibility for the Sunday accident at the Likoni Ferry. The regional administrator said operation to retrieve bodies of a woman and her daughter from Indian Ocean was delayed over lack of equipment to pull out the car […]

Car with three occupants slides off ferry into Indian Ocean

A car carrying two women and a child on Sunday slid off MV Harambee ferry into the Indian Ocean. Kenya Ferry Services said the the car reversed and plunged into the ocean and have dispatched a rescue team. The car was plying from the mainland to the island side, the KFS said in a statement […]

Kenya Ferry’s word on viral video showing near-collision between its vessel and ship in Likoni

WhatsApp users have been widely sharing a video clip showing a heart-in-mouth moment, when a ferry and a ship at Likoni nearly collided.