This archive report was first published on 10 October 2019.
On October 9, 2019, a breakthrough was made in the search for the bodies of Mariam Kighenda and her 4-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu, who tragically drowned in the Indian Ocean after their vehicle plunged into the water during the Likoni ferry tragedy.
According to divers involved in the search operation, they have sighted the bodies of the two victims under the water, and are now planning to retrieve the vehicle.
It has taken 11 days for the recovery team to get a breakthrough in the search for the vehicle with the bodies of the two victims.
35-year-old Mariam Kighenda and her 4-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu drowned in the Indian Ocean after their vehicle, a Toyota Isis, reversed and slid off the MV Harambee ferry which was midstream.
However, Government Spokesperson Col (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna has cautioned that it still remains to be proved if indeed the sighted vehicle is the same one which plunged into the ocean.
"We cannot confirm with certainty that the vehicle is among the objects located at the two spots," Oguna said while addressing journalists at Likoni Ferry Channel on Wednesday afternoon.
