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Two missing bodies from the Tudor Creek racing boat accident have been retrieved.
Addressing the media on Monday, October 13, Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir said the two bodies were recovered at 1:09 and 1:13 am.
Governor Nassir noted that the bodies were recovered at different places in the Indian Ocean.
“At 01:09 on October 13, that is basically today morning, we were able to recover the body of Stephen Karembo, who was 23 years old, and thereafter at 01:13 we were able to get Thomas Wanyonyi, who is 24 years old. The bodies were recovered at different places,” said the Mombasa Governor.
Nassir mentioned that the bodies were positively identified and taken to the Coast General Hospital mortuary for preservation.
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Further, he said the national and county governments will facilitate the burial expenses of the deceased.
“We have confirmed from the national government and the county government that we will be able to assist in the burial expenses for these bodies,” Governor Nassir added.
The tragic accident, which involved MV Dragon, capsized on Friday, October 10, at around 5.30 pm during the East African Ocean Festival at Tudor Watersports.
The boat, operated by members of the Kijiweni Youth Group, had 22 people on board.
The boat was near the finishing line, and the group members allegedly stood up as the boat was still in motion. As a result, the boat lost its balance and capsized. 19 members were immediately rescued while 3 went missing.
Following the incident, Kenya Navy personnel, in collaboration with other government agencies, the Kenya Red Cross, the Mombasa County Government, and members of the local community, launched a coordinated search and rescue operation led by the Kenya Navy Diving Unit to locate the missing persons in the suspected areas.
The first body was found on Sunday at around 3 pm near the scene of the accident, stuck in mangrove trees, before the other two were recovered on Monday morning.
