This archive report was first published on 11 October 2019.
On Friday, October 11, 2019, at around 4pm, the car with registration number KCB 289C was lifted from the Indian Ocean, 13 days after it plunged into the ocean from the MV Harambee ferry.
A crane was used to lift the vehicle out of the water as Red Cross officials prepared to take the bodies to the mortuary.
The deceased's husband, John Wambua, was present at the scene, and officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations were also on hand to conduct investigations into the incident.
The vehicle was located in a deep part of the channel on Wednesday, but it could not be retrieved at the time due to channel traffic, huge ocean currents, and scheduled docking of ships.
Government Spokesman Cyrus Oguna explained that they had to hire technological equipment to help them site the vehicle.
Private divers from Sub Sea Services, a South African firm, assisted government agencies to recover the two bodies, along with divers from the Kenya Navy, Kenya Ferry Services Ltd, Kenya Ports Authority, the Kenya Coast Guard Service, and the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute.
The car was the last to board the MV Harambee ferry on Sunday, September 29, 2019, and it is alleged that the car reversed when the ferry was midstream, plunging the car into the ocean.
