Shekue Kahale Mwanati loses 10 close relatives in boat accident

Local divers, rescuers at the scene where a boatcapsized killing 10 members of the same family. Only one survived. [Jane Mugambi, Standard]

A Coast politician’s wife, two children, mother and brother were among ten close relatives who died when a boat capsized in the Indian Ocean.

Shekue Kahale Mwanati, who contested the Lamu East parliamentary seat on an ODM ticket, also narrowly escaped death in the tragedy on Sunday.