The family of the late Mariam Kighenda and her 4-year-old daughter, Amanda Mutheu who died following the tragic Likoni Ferry tragedy will take action after receiving threats on their compensation.
The family, through spokesperson Luka Mbati, stated that the family intends to sue Kenya Ferry Services after the organisation stated that the family would only get compensation in court.
On October 16, The Standard reported that KFS Managing Director Bakari Gowa stated that the family should look for a legal counsel if they were after any sort of compensation.
"The issue of compensation will not be easy, the family will have to hire a lawyer to go to court," he announced.
He admitted that on the previous day, the government agency had handed the family of the deceased Ksh 200,000 to cater for the funeral expenses.
However, Gowa was adamant that the money was in no way meant as compensation for the tragedy.
"It is true we issued two cheques of Ksh 200,000 to the widower, John Wambua and Mariam's father, Peter Mwaghongo to support burial arrangements," the KFS boss stated.
On Wednesday, October 16, the post-mortem results were released with Chief Government Pathologist Johansen Oduor stating that the two died of suffocation.
The autopsy, which took one and a half hours, took place at the Jocham Hospital mortuary in Mombasa.
