Likoni ferry crisis to persist for another three months

The newly appointed Kenya Ferry Services managing Bakari Gowa address journalists at the Likoni Ferry channel after meeting members of the public who normally use ferries to cross to either Likoni Mainland or to the Island as they marked the Customer Service week, October 10, 2016. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD.

Congestion at the Likoni ferry crossing is expected to continue after the delivery of new modern ferries was delayed by three months.

Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) Managing Director Bakari Gowa said the national government did not pay Ozata Tersanacecik Ltd, the Turkish firm building the vessels, on time.