The Kenya Ferry Services on Tuesday, October 1, announced the temporary closure of the Likoni Ferry crossing point.
The ferry services were suspended to facilitate the identification of the vehicle and removal of casualties, following the tragic accident.
While addressing the media, Ferry Services Managing Director, Bakari Gowa, made it clear that the suspension of services was done to ensure the safety of the divers undertaking the body retrieval operation.
He went on to urge the public urged to use alternative routes.
The Ferry Services boss also stated that they had contracted private divers to facilitate retrieval of the bodies that were reportedly trapped at the bottom of the Ocean.
According to Gowa's latest update, search & rescue teams from Kenya Navy, KPA, Kenya Fisheries Research Institute & Private Contracted Divers have located the position of the vehicle wreckage, going on to reveal that it was approximately 173 feet below the water surface.
Government spokesperson, Cyrus Oguna, echoed Gowa's sentiments, going on to add that the government was setting up measures to ensure that such an incident never occurred again.
A police report made public on Monday, September 30, identified the deceased as Mariam Kigenda, 35, and her 4-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu.
The two were travelling back to Mombasa from their Kwale farm, where they had spent the weekend.
Here are a few photos from Kilindini Harbour as retrieval operations got underway:
