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Netizens bash Kenya Navy over failure to find drowned mother and daughter

Mariam Kigenda and her daughter Amanda Wambua who drowned after sinking with their vehicle along the Mombasa's Likoni Channel in the Indian Ocean. [File, Standard]

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) on Tuesday started a “Welcome to Kenya” phrase on Twitter to invite Kenyans to their stand at this year's Nairobi International Trade Fair, slated from September 30 to October 6, for an opportunity to learn and its parks but Kenyans On Twitter(KOT) decided to use the phrase for another reason.

The reason was bashing Kenya Navy for failure to retrieve the drowned woman and daughter for now three days since Sunday evening when the incident happened.

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