Hon Mishi Juma Khamisi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.33(1), I seek leave for adjournment of the House for purposes of discussing the recent Likoni Ferry tragedy. Hon. Speaker, in the recent past, a vehicle containing a mother by the name Mrs. Kighenda and her daughter by the name Amanda, slid off one of the Likoni Channel ferries, MVHarambee, into the Indian Ocean. The bodies are yet to be retrieved, but I want to confirm that there are some operations going on to ensure that they have retrieved the bodies of the two persons. Over the last few years, similar incidents have occurred ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: uncoordinated and unprepared to handle ferry disasters when passengers or vehicles fall into the Likoni Channel. There is an urgent need to have a disaster management system in place, safe and working ferries, and emergency rescue teams, including professional divers, on the ferries and at the shores, to conduct timely rescue operations and ensure the safety of passengers crossing the Likoni Channel. It is for this reason that I seek leave for the adjournment of the House in order to deliberate on these weighty matters, formulate solutions and chart a way forward. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No.33(1), I seek to move this Adjournment Motion of the House for the purpose of discussing the recent Likoni Ferry tragedy. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: In moving my Motion, I wish to bring to your attention the fact that Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) currently ferries over 300,000 pedestrians and more than 6,000 vehicles daily across the channel. Using this channel are not only the residents of Mombasa County but Kwale County, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: tourists and trans-boundary passengers and stewards from Tanzania. Mombasa, being a cosmopolitan city county, also hosts visitors from multiple counties and countries. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Following the tragedy that happened the other day, the bodies of Ms. Kighenda and her daughter Amanda are yet to be retrieved. I have heard a report that the operations are now ongoing to retrieve the bodies and the vehicle, which is lying 60 metres deep in the channel. The challenges which we have been told as to why the bodies have not been retrieved up to today is because of lack of adequate oxygen and that the KFS are in consultation with the Kenya Navy officers to ensure that they do that operation and retrieve the bodies of the ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Let me talk on some issues which need to be looked into, one being the ramps. The ferries’ ramps are wrecked and the chains used to block vehicles from rolling back are no longer there. I have personally witnessed ramps partially submerged into the water as we crossed the channel. They have remained un-repaired. What we see are sisal ropes being used to block vehicles from rolling backwards. This poses a big danger for the users of the ferry. The KFS has been running those services for decades. It defeats logic when we are told that there is little provision ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Another question we may ask ourselves is: Where are the coast guards? How can there be no speedboats at hand with emergency services at the channel? You remember just the other day, His Excellency the President launched the Kenya Coast Guard (KCG) and one cardinal function of it is to provide public safety for the people crossing the ferry channel. Twenty Five years ago, we witnessed the Mtongwe Ferry disaster where 272 men and women perished along the Kilindini Channel. That was MV Mtongwe bound for Mombasa Island that capsized just 40 metres from the mainland, killing 272 of the ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I just want to inform the Members of the few incidences which have happened at the Likoni Channel. In October 2012, a heavy truck loaded with oil products crashed in the ocean while in February 2013, some people died and several others were seriously injured after a lorry lost control and rammed into the passengers boarding a ferry at the Likoni mainland crossing channel. Last year, a Probox car carrying one passenger who was an employee of Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) working as an accountant also slid into the sea and it was unfortunate that he was not rescued and ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Let us ask ourselves whether we have learnt from our past mistakes and if there are proper mitigation measures that have been set up. Going forward, are our ferries in good condition to transport people and goods? Are they regularly serviced? Is overloading a thing of the past or does it still occur? These are pertinent questions that must be addressed on this issue of the ferry. Time is now ripe for the establishment of domestic ship safety code in the country. The domestic ship safety code should be developed immediately and approved by the Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA), if ... view