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Kenya ferry Managing Director Bakari Gowa addressing the media at Likoni ferry ramp in Mombasa County on Tuesday,09th May,2017. [Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]
Confusion and anxiety has gripped the Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) in Mombasa after the Transport ministry and the agency's board ordered an investigation into a recent near-collision involving an oil tanker and a ferry full of passengers.
The police and maritime industry regulatory officials yesterday camped at the KFS to probe the incident that left hundreds of ferry passengers shaken.
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