Man drowns after jumping off MV Harambee at Likoni channel
Kenya Ferry Services Managing Director, Bakari Gowa, said that the incident took place at 1.00 am on Sunday.
300,000 Likoni Ferry users to be stranded daily if Senate team proposal effected
KFS MD Bakari Gowa subjected to hours of grilling by Senate transport team over state of ferries in use at the Likoni Channel.
Senate report says Mariam Kighenda, daughter’s deaths could’ve been avoided
Senate report accuses KFS of operating three decommissioned ferries, including MV Harambee, MV Nyayo and MV Kilindini.
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.
Wife’s last conversation with me, husband of Likoni ferry victim speaks out
![Ferry passengers, who witnessed the incident, said Mariam Kigenda's car reversed and plunged into the ocean while the vessel was midstream. [PHOTO | COURTESY]](https://k24.digital/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/MARIAM.jpg)
Ferry passengers, who witnessed the incident, said Mariam Kigenda’s car reversed and plunged into the ocean while the vessel was midstream.
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 […]