The mother and daughter who died after their car slithered from a ferry into the Indian Ocean were coming from a shamba trip in Kwale.
The two have been identified as Mariam Kighenda, 35, and her daughter Amanda Mutheu, 4.
On Sunday evening, their Toyota ISIS KCB 289C veered off the rear ramp aboard the MV Harambee and sank into the ocean headfirst.
“He had remained at home with the elder son as the wife went out with the car,” she said.
She added that Kighenda was a businesswoman, she sold clothes. Photos show a bubbly, Kighenda, full of life. She liked fashion and was ever jovial.
Going by the photos posted on her social media accounts, the family seemed to live a happy life.
Yesterday morning, family members and friends camped on the Island side of the Likoni crossing channel to witness rescue operations that never were.
By press time, the operations had not yet started and there were no signs they were about to. Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko instructed divers from the Sonko Rescue team to help. Family members were made to only stare at Kenya Navy boats and ships crisscrossing the channel in preparation for the upcoming Mashujaa Day celebrations.
