A renowned Swedish diver has said that he can use 15 mins only to locate the car and two bodies submerged in the Likoni Channel following the Sunday evening ferry tragedy.

The diver says that after locating the car, he can take two hours to retrieve them, all for free provided that he brings his own boat.

He says that he has assessed the situation at the Likoni channel and that he will bring his own machine and collaborate with Kenya Navy divers to retrieve the bodies.

He says he can took to work tomorrow(Friday) morning if he is allowed to go on with the operation.

Hopes of retrieving bodies of Mariam Kigenda and her 4-year-old daughter, Amanda Mutheu, who were aboard a vehicle that plunged into the sea on Sunday, were further thwarted on Wednesday after search operations failed to bear fruit for the fourth day in a row. 

This as the government dispatched Transport Principal Secretary Esther Koimett to coordinate the recovery operation which has turned out to be some sort of a “trial and error mission”.

Engineers from Chinese firm handling the Kipevu Oil Terminal project brought in their underwater cameras and scanned through a dark sandy underwater with absolutely poor visibility. 

The images captured underwater painted a picture of “trial and error” even though the government agencies insisted they were optimistic about recovery. 

On Monday, the government barred a private diver that had been hired by the victims’ family to retrieve bodies, saying that he was feeding the family with wrong information. Will the swedish diver be allowed to do the operation?

Up to now, the bodies and the car have not been retrieved. The operation is still going on.