Rufus Kamau , a 20-year old man plunged into the Indian Ocean while ferrying across the Likoni Channel from South Coast to Mombasa Island.
Reports say that Rufus Kamau jumped off the crammed MV Nyayo ferry after his wife allegedly dumped him.
Kamau was heard yelling while diving saying: “bibi amenitoroka” (my wife has left me).Divers on site immediately responded and rescued Kamau who was helplessly gasping for air as he had swallowed a lot of water.
He was then taken to a local hospital and later detained by police for attempted suicide.
“I cannot tell if he is mentally unstable. We will arraign him in court and if the court establishes that there is a need for him to be taken to a psychiatrist, then we will take him,” Likoni OCPD Simba said.
The incident comes after a separate one in Bungoma where a 41-year-old man clung on a helicopter’s skid as it lifted from the ground.
Saleh Wanjala who later jumped off the chopper suffered injuries on his hip joint, elbow and eyebrow. He was arrested and chained to his hospital bed for endangering his life.