This archive report was first published on 18 October 2019.
On October 16, 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta made a significant move to address the recent tragedy at the Likoni Channel, where Mariam Kighenda and her four-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu drowned after their saloon car slipped off the ferry.
As part of this effort, the President revoked the appointment of Dan Mwazo as Chairman of the Kenya Ferry Services board and Daula Omar, Naima Amir, Philip Ndolo, and Rosina Nasigha Mruttu as members, effective October 16, 2019.
According to a special gazette notice, President Kenyatta exercised his powers under section 7 (3) of the State Corporations Act to revoke the appointments, stating: "In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 (3) of the State Corporations Act, I, Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of the Republic of Kenya, revokes the appointments of Dan Mwazo, Daula Omar, Naima Amir, Philip Ndolo, Rosina Nasigha Mruttu, as Non-Executive Chairperson and members of the Kenya Ferry Services Limited, with effect from October 16, 2019,"
