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On April 29, 1994, Mtongwe ferry which was carrying about 400 passengers, sank 40 metres in the Indian Ocean, killing 272 people. [File, Standard]
Survivors of the biggest marine accident in Kenyan history that claimed 272 lives tell horrifying tales of struggles, abandonment and delayed compensation 31 years down the line.
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