US Ambassador to Kenya Kyle McCarterNAIROBI, KENYA: The United States government has cautioned its citizens against Likoni Ferry in a new health and travel advisory alert. It wants citizens to consider carefully whether to use the Likoni ferry in Mombasa due to safety concerns. It also warned them to reconsider travelling to Nairobi neighbourhoods of Eastleigh and Kibera at all times due to crime and kidnapping. In what may make her citizens who had prior travel arrangements to reconsider their plan, the agency also cites COVID-19 as a reason to postpone visits. Passengers on MV Safari panicked and fled the vessel back to the Likoni mainland as vehicles were removed.No one was injured in the incident but the chaos that was unleashed created a big traffic snarl-up around the ferry area.

Source: Standard Digital August 10, 2020 15:33 UTC