This archive report was first published on 11 October 2019.
On October 11, 2019, a long-awaited moment of relief came to the families of Mariam Kighenda and Amanda Mutheu as their bodies were finally retrieved.
The two women had been missing since their car plunged into the Likoni ferry channel in Mombasa, Kenya, on December 6, 2019. Their disappearance sparked a massive search operation involving the police, the Kenya Navy, and the ferry operator.
According to reports, the bodies were retrieved from the Likoni ferry channel after a thorough search operation. The incident has raised concerns about the safety of ferry operations in Kenya.
