This archive report was first published on 16 October 2019.
On October 7, 2019, Mr John Wambua made an insurance claim for his car, registration number KCB 289C, which had plunged into the Indian Ocean in the Likoni channel in Mombasa on September 29, 2019.
According to Mayfair Insurance Company's Mombasa branch manager Priya Shah, the claim was processed within a week, and a cheque for Sh682,500 was handed over to Mr Wambua.
"We are here to condole with the family of Mr Wambua and also hand over the cheque of the insurance claim he had made," said Ms Shah when she visited Mr Wambua's house in Tudor.
Mr Wambua's agent, Smartlink Insurance Agency, had instructed Mayfair to follow up on his insurance cover, which was comprehensive.
On Saturday, a day after the vehicle was retrieved, officials from Mayfair inspected the car and processed the cheque.
The vehicle was retrieved on Friday last week after a 13-day search that involved a multi-agency team of divers, including privately hired ones from SubSea, a South African company.
Police have so far questioned seven people, including the ferry's coxswain, two deckhand officials, a ramp controller and two guards from Guard Force.
