Losing a loved one is not an easy but losing a parent is twice as hard and that is why Mariam Kigenda's son has not stopped crying.

According to John Wambua, the father, his nine-year-old son, Alvin, are clearly distraught ever since he learned of the ordeal that struck his mum and sister.

He said Alvin, the couple's eldest child, had not stopped crying at the sight of pictures of his mother and sister circulated in the media.

“I broke the news to my son on Friday and since then it has been tough for him. It is a healing process,”

The boy was first counselled on Friday and was scheduled to sit through another session yesterday together with his grandfather and grandmother.

The counselling is being done by experts from the Kenya Red Cross.

According to some divers, the weather and terrain have not made it easy for them to trace the remains.

‘I HAVE 11 YEARs EXPERIENCE IN DIVING, THE CHALLENGE IS THAT THE WATER HAS TURNED DARK. 

THIS MEANS THAT IT WILL BE HARD TO SEE WHILE UNDER WATER. 

THE FERRY service WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STOPPED BUT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED.’