The government on Monday, October 7, announced renewed hope for the kin of the two Likoni tragedy victims.
This is after Indian naval forces that arrived at the Mombasa port aboard two naval vessels on Sunday, October 6, on a counter-piracy mission agreed to help the Kenya Navy in the mission on a volunteer basis, K24 reported.
While addressing the press, Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) Chairman Dan Mwazo disclosed that the Indian Navy agreed to help on condition that the area where the tragedy occurred be declared a military zone.
“The Indian navy has also promised to join the mission on condition that this whole area will be under the military. This is why we have been asked to leave and give them room to carry out the operation,” Mwazo affirmed.
This meant that members of the public would be banned from accessing the area as the multi-agency team retrieves the bodies.
The government also pointed out it would also be receiving more equipment from Southern Engineering Company,(SECO) a South Africa company to help in the retrieval mission.
The company, hired by the family from a Ksh2 million donation by Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho, arrived with five experts and search equipment.
To accommodate these new developments, Mbaraki Wharf, which is the Bamburi Cement’s terminal that served as a command center was cleared and declared an operation area under the Kenya Navy.
This comes shortly after the government outlined its plan to use Advanced System Remote Operated Cameras which would be used to canvass the deepest parts of the harbour in a bid to help the divers zero-in on the exact location of the wreckage.
"The strategy we are deploying now relies on the new equipment before sending the human beings for verification down there. The government got us new equipment," he stated while speaking to The Standard.
The government also
