Kenyans on social media have sent their condolence messages to the family of the late Mariam Kighenda and her four-year-old daughter Amanda Mutheu who died after their car slid off a ferry and plunged into the Indian Ocean. 

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The two will be laid to rest at their rural home in Ngaamba, Kilome Sub-County, Makueni County.

Kenyans on Twitter mourned the two as they paid their last respects through messages on their Twitter handles. They termed their deaths a tragic incident which had taken the country by surprise. 

Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda have the topic of discussion on social media for a period of about three weeks following the accident that occurred at the Likoni ferry channel on September 29. 

A section of the social media users has urged the government to put appropriate measures in place so as to avoid such occurrences in future. 

President Uhuru Kenyatta disbanded the Kenya Ferry services Board following public outcry.

An autopsy carried out on the bodies revealed that the cause of death was suffocation.

Here are some of the reactions from social media.