Good morning,
Well, there is nothing good about this morning! It is chilly, it is raining and we are mourning.
It is now more than 36 hours since Mariam Kigenda and her 4-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu plunged into the Indian Ocean at the Likoni Channel. Unfortunately, the Kenya Ferry Service (KFS) has not started the operation to retrieve their remains.
KFS has given us different theories on why they have not started the operation. One is that they don’t have enough oxygen, the other is that they can’t do the operation at night.
The truth of the matter is that KFS does not have divers. Well, they used to have them but they refused to pay them. The accident wouldn’t have been fatal if we had divers aboard the ferry.
Should KFS take full responsibility for the Likoni Tragedy? Should the management be charged with murder?
We will be discussing this and other hot stories on Opera News
Here are the stories making headlines this morning:
Ferry tragedy mum and daughter had toured Likoni farm
The family of Mariam Kighenda, 35, and her daughter Amanda Mutheu, 4, has confirmed that the two were returning from a shamba trip in Kwale County.
On Sunday evening, their Toyota ISIS KCB 289C veered off the rear ramp aboard the MV Harambee and sank into the ocean headfirst.
Lucy Rajula, Kighenda’s sister-in-law, yesterday said it was routine for Kighenda’s husband, John Wambua, to give his wife his car every Sunday for a shamba trip to Likoni.
Raila allies warn Ruto of chaos for attacks on former PM
Opposition chief Raila Odinga’s allies have warned of “trouble and chaos” if Deputy President William Ruto continues to insult and ridicule the people of Kibra.
At least 10 MPs allied to Raila yesterday said that Ruto was pushing the residents of Kibra to the wall in a manner that could force them to “respond and return the country into chaos.”
They warned Ruto that unless he tones down on his ridicule and contempt of Kibra residents, he will get the trouble he is looking for. They further accused him of imposing Mariga to the Kibra electorates.
Matiang’i slams Judiciary for ‘derailing war on drugs’
The Akasha brothers would still be walking free on our streets and recruiting more Kenyans into their business if Americans had not charged them, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has said.
Baktash and Ibrahim Akasha have been convicted of drug trafficking charges in the US courts.
Citing the slow judicial procedures in the country, the CS noted that the war on drugs cannot be won unless each agency does its work.
For the second day, Kenyans are still waiting for the retrieval of the vehicle that slithered from a ferry into Indian Ocean taking down two souls; mother and daughter. Despite the government always talking of multi-sectoral systems and mechanisms to handle disasters, nothing seems to be happening as a desperate family continues to wait for the bodies of their loved ones. Do you think we are prepared to manage any tragedies or disasters that might befall us? Comment with your opinion.