This archive report was first published on 18 October 2019.
On October 18, 2019, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko offered to transport the bodies of Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu from Mombasa to Makueni for burial, following their tragic death in the Likoni ferry accident.
The Governor had requested the family to allow his rescue team to ferry the bodies and participate in burial arrangements.
The remains will be transported from Jocham mortuary in Mombasa on Friday night ahead of the burial, which will take place at Ngaamba area in Kilome Constituency, Makueni County on Saturday, October 19.
The bodies of Kighenda and Mutheu were retrieved from Indian Ocean on October 11, 2019, after 13 days.
According to reports, mother and daughter died after their vehicle, a Toyota Isis, slid off MV Harambee at the Likoni channel crossing on September 29 and plunged 58 meters into the sea.
"We have agreed with those in charge of the burial arrangements to transport the bodies and play any other possible role in the burial arrangements," Sonko said on Thursday.
John Wambua, Kighenda’s widower, expressed gratitude towards Sonko’s gesture, stating that it was not only a help to him but to the whole society.
