Three top officials, including a Managing Director have been summoned by a Mombasa court for questioning over the handling of CCTV footage tied to the 2019 Likoni Ferry tragedy.
On Thursday, July 17, Mombasa Law Courts Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku directed Kenya Ferry Services(KFS) boss, the Likoni Sub-county Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) head, and a senior investigating officer to appear in court on July 24, 2025.
The directive came amid mounting concerns over missing or incomplete video evidence which had the potential to shed more light on the 2019 incident which saw 35-year-old Mariam Kighenda and her 4-year-old daughter drown after their car plunged into the Indian Ocean.
At the time, rescuers took 13 days to retrieve the bodies of mother and daughter who were found in a tight embrace, in an incident which caused nationwide outrage.
