The vehicle in the Likoni ferry tragedy has bodies inside. Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, government spokesman Cyrus Oguna said the vehicle will be retrieved on Friday.
When the Toyota ISIS with registration number KCB 289C drowned, Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda Mutheu were aboard.
The car was discovered on Wednesday after divers intensified their search after the tragic accident. The divers had narrowed down to four spots by Wednesday morning.
Earlier, government spokesman Cyrus Oguna had indicated that the officers were working on 14 spots.
They later narrowed down to four. The four spots are 57 metres, 47 metres, 37 metres and 27 metres deep.
“We have ascertained that the number plate of the car in the water is KCB 289C which is similar to the one in question. We have also checked on CCTV footage when the car was on the ferry and confirmed the number plates,” said Oguna as reported by Citizen.
Despite involvement of South African divers and other entities in the search process, Kenyan Army has taken credit for the success.
"We have been having a government multi-agency which involves Kenya Navy, Kenya Ferry Services among others. The entire team is led by Kenya Navy under Col Lawrence Gituma. Those who were leading and had divers were Kenya Navy.
'Some helped us with cameras but it's Kenya Navy that spotted the vehicle. We are not saying that others didn't contribute but without divers, we wouldn't have made the progress," government spokesman Col (Rtd) Cyrus Oguna said on Wednesday.
The divers are set to retrieve the bodies on Friday, 13 days after the vehicle plunged into the Indian Ocean. Col Lawrence Gituma has been in charge of the operations.