Diplomats have stepped in to assist 10 Kenyan seafarers abandoned in Mozambique by their employer since last August. The Seafarers Assistance Programme (SAP), the Kenyan embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe, and the Mozambican High Commissioner to Harare are exploring ways to bring the abandoned crew home. They were supposed to sail to Iran but have been stranded at the port of Pemba in Mozambique. So I strongly believe there’s hope,” Andrew Mwangura of SAP said. The 10 Kenyan seafarers have been identified as Frank Mbotela, Mbaraka Nassor, Gabriel Okumu, Norman Khan, Okelo Ochola, Raphael Ochina, Mbarak Timami, Haad Mashuhuri, Joseph Mwanyambo and Kali Mwamose.

Source: The Star January 01, 2020 18:56 UTC