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Five of the Kenyan seamen pose with International Transport Federation (ITF) Official ( Middle).The sailors have been stranded in Indonesia for close to two years after Mv Queen Bihanga's engine broke down. [Maarufu Mohamed,Standard]
The captain of an all-Kenyan crew vessel MV Queen Bihanga stranded in an Indonesian port is appealing to the Government to assist the team to return home.
Speaking on telephone to The Standard , Athman Khamis Mzee alias Rotation said that the crew has been stranded in the foreign nation for one year and nine months without adequate food.
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