By GALGALO BOCHAMore by this AuthorA Mombasa court has stopped the Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) from re-advertising supervision and inspection services for two new vessels that were set to operate at the Likoni channel over safety issues raised. High Court judge Eric Ogola's orders, issued on Wednesday, effectively stop the government body from carrying out any further evaluation of the new ferries until the matter is heard and determined. This is after Bonriz Insurance Marine Surveyors, a company contracted by KFS to carry out assessment of the vessels made in Turkey, filed a case under a certificate of urgency raising serious allegations regarding quality and safety of the ferries. In its filing, the company is alleging that Kenya will end up procuring new ferries “that are in real sense vessels of mass deaths”. KFS had earlier indicated that the first of the two ferries - MV Jambo - had already began its journey from the Ozata shipyard in Turkey last month.

Source: Daily Nation July 12, 2017 16:41 UTC