This archive report was first published on 19 October 2019.
Mourners gathered at Kima Technical College in Makueni County to pay their last respects to Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu, who tragically drowned in a ferry accident on September 29.
The mother and daughter were in a Toyota ISIS car that slid off the MV Harambee and plunged into the Indian Ocean, where it took rescuers 13 days to retrieve the wreckage with their bodies.
A post-mortem conducted at Jocham Hospital mortuary in Mombasa revealed that the two died out of suffocation, with the bodies found still in an embraced position, indicating that they breathed their last while locked together.
On Friday night, Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and his team transported the bodies from Mombasa to Makueni for the burial, which will take place today at their Ngaamba home.
The family of Mariam Kighenda has vowed to sue the Kenya Ferry Services for negligence over her death and that of her daughter Amanda, even as President Uhuru Kenyatta cracked the whip on KFS management by revoking the appointment of the chairman and four board members.
