The Likoni Sunday night incident has put the Kenya Ferry Services on the spot following the death of Mariam Kighenda, 35, and her daughter Amanda Mutheu, 4.
The two died after the vehicle they were travelling in veered off the rear ramp aboard the MV Harambee. The ramp has been faulty and was not lifting up as should be the case while in motion.
More than 300,000 people and 6,000 vehicles cross the Likoni ferry channel every day but a look at history paints a picture of a death-trap.Long before Sunday's tragedy, there have been queries over the safety of the ferries in use.
On October 26, 2015, eleven people were seriously injured in a stampede at the Likoni channel as hundreds of commuters scrambled to access the ferries.
In June 2016 a station wagon plunged into the ocean, Joel Masindano an accountant at the Kenya Ports Authority died he was aboard MV Likoni.
Later that year in September a driver and a loader escaped death after a lorry carrying construction materials veered off to the Indian ocean. In November 2017, Mohammed Yangwe were lucky after a station wagon belong to the CDF manager Likoni developed mechanical problems while loading MV Jambo.
In July 2019, Salim Musa and His tan man were lucky to remain alive after a truck belonging to Mombasa Maize Miller's plunged into the Likoni channel.
Kenya's tragic disaster was in April 29 in 1994, 272 men perished along the Kilindini Channel, when MV Mtongwe bound for the Mombasa Island capsized just 40 meters from the mainland pontoon, killing 272 of the 400 people on board. Following the disaster, it was reported that the capacity for the ferry boat was 300.