Likoni ferry tragedy, rescue operations resumes as experienced divers are contracted

By Elpinah Nyambu 

The government has announced 14 probable points where the sunken vehicle at Likoni Ferry channel might be have been identified.

Principal Secretary State Department of Transport Esther Koimett said so far five of these points have been inspected and found other objects and not the vehicle.

The PS confirmed that the government has mounted a major operation to recover bodies of 35-year-old Mariam Kighenda and her four-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu who submerged in the Indian Ocean after their vehicle veered off from a ferry and plunged into the sea on Sunday evening.

The rescue operation will resume today to pave way for the resumption of ferry services which were temporarily suspended, but the detective machines will continue with the searching during the night