Senators now want Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia to take political responsibility after a mother and her daughter drowned after their car slid off a Likoni ferry on Sunday.
The lawmakers demanded CS Macharia and his Principal Secretaries Esther Koimett (Transport) and Nancy Karigithu (Maritime and Shipping Affairs) to vacate office over the incident.
On Sunday,35-year-old Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu, 4, a student at MM Shah Academy, drowned, when their vehicle slid off MV Harambee ferry rolled plunging into the sea midstream at the busy Likoni channel in Mombasa.
The House adjourned on Wednesday to discuss the incident.
Meanwhile, CS Macharia appointed his PS Koimet to lead a multi-agency team to retrieve bodies and the vehicle.
Led by Kisii Senator Sam Ongeri and his Makueni counterpart Mutula Kilonzo Jr., the legislators accused the government of poor disaster preparedness.
“You can imagine 72 hours later, we have not had a statement from the CS on this incident.What we have only seen is him a pointing a person who is not even an expert to lead the rescue operations,” Senator Mutula Jr., said.
“They should all take responsibility and resign from their positions,” he added.
On his part, Senator Ongeri fingered the Kenya Navy, the Coast Guard Service, Kenya Ports Authority, Maritime Authority and the Kenya Ferry Services of neglect and letting down Kenyans.
He accused the agencies of being “spectators and onlookers watching as somebody disappeared into the waters.”
Senator Godhana Hargura (Marsabit) and nominated counterparts Agnes Zani, Naomi Shiyonga and Petronilla Were also accused the government of putting at risk thousands of residents who use the ferry services.
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nothing like Justice in Kenya's electoral body.this greediest must vacate the office
Your Comment : I have now believed that we do not have an independent electoral and boundaries commission , instead we have a congregation of greedy individuals out to misuse Kenyans and bring chaos to our country. #Remove them. #clean the top leadership.
Congratulations to Governor Mutua,you really deserve to lead in the best performing governors,,, those ranked last should be dealt with accordingly for misappropriating public funds
Raila was the hunter now the hunted... how do trust a hyena like Uhuru.. You both greedy... you dug your grave lie in it... What handshake.. Crap...
Babu aje zake,handshake is for all Kenyans, and Kibra believe in handshake, there4, Uhuru And Raila should have different candidates and whoever Will go through Will be thé product of handshake
Babu waja ukoloni bwana, there's no direct ticket
Hehehe, supporting somebody was not an agreement in the handshake my friends!! Remember Raila caused many to die during the era of maandamano hence Uhuru devised a method how to tame this power hungry man!! Mariga must win
Your Raila and uhuru come from different political party,. Everyone is free to handle his party issues and i salute the president for supporting mariga being the jubilee candidate. Raila is also supporting the odm candidate and no one is against that. Some people are taking handshake as political party while it's not. Please mr mp style up.
Babu wacha kiherehere or baba will tie u the same tree kidero and obado were rope tied when the latters looked threatening the leadership of baba in nyanza
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