Kenya Ferry Services managing director Hamisi Gowa has refuted claims that MV Harambee failed with users on board.
According to Mr Gowa, MV Harambee had on Sunday been docked on the ramp for it to be repaired by the engineers.
“The ferry had no one on board at the time it had been strategically placed there to enable it undergo some wielding on its ramps and today in the morning it has already resumed services,” he claimed as quoted by People Daily.
On Monday, it was reported that MV Harambee had hit docking ramp and failed with hundreds of passengers on board, throwing them into panic.
The ferry was heading to Likoni mainland when it stalled before docking.
"The ferry hit the ramp and the engine went off, everyone went into panic and there was some sort of stampede as everyone was trying to get out of the vessel," said Ali Masoud, a ferry user.
This comes exactly one month after a car slid from the same ferry and plunged into the Indian Ocean with two occupants, a mother, Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu drowning in the process.
It took divers led by the Kenya Navy 13 days to retrieve the two bodies from the ocean.