Tag: Likoni ferry

9 people injured as passenger bus plunges into Indian Ocean at Likoni ferry – Kenya Red Cross

Nine people were injured on Sunday, October 6, 2024, after a passenger bus plunged into the Indian Ocean at the Likoni ferry crossing channel. Kenya Red Cross, in a statement shared via their official X handle, revealed that the nine were rescued by their volunteers, who worked in collaboration with the National Police Service, Kenya […]

Lorry plunges into Indian Ocean at Likoni Ferry

Two people cheated death after a truck plunged into the Indian Ocean at the Likoni ferry on Saturday, December 24. Reports show that the lorry was transporting cement from Mombasa island when it plunged into the Indian Ocean at the Likoni Crossing Channel Mainland side. The two, who were rescued, were the lorry driver and […]

Relief as a new ferry, MV Safari, arrives in Likoni

The new ferry, MV Safari, has a capacity of 1,359 people, including 12 people with disabilities and 64 vehicles at a go.

Body of man who plunged into Likoni channel pulled out of his vehicle

A middle-aged man who died in Likoni after ‘driving his car right into the Indian Ocean at 4:20am Saturday has been pulled out of the sea’.

Scare as commuter’s phone explodes while aboard Likoni ferry

A ferry commuter’s phone exploded on Tuesday morning as he tried to remove its battery.

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 […]

Oguna on search for Likoni bodies … In his own words

Oguna: This evening or Thursday morning, we would have established, through screening and verification, if the car is that of the victims.