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Likoni cable car services to start in 2020, says KFS boss

KFS Board Chairman Ramadhan Kajembe (left) with MD Bakari Gowa (right) and Dr Eustace Mwarania (centre), the chairman of Trapos Group, the company that will build a cable car line across the Likoni channel cut a cake on December 13, 2017 after the signing of the agreement on the project. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP

What you need to know:

  • He said a “good number” of investors had shown interest in the project.

  • The express link will have 22 cable cars which will carry 38 passengers per cabin.

  • It will carry 11,000 commuters per hour in both directions.

Commuters using the busy Likoni channel in Mombasa will start enjoying cable car services from 2020.

This is after Trapos Ltd and Kenya Ferry Services (KFS) Wednesday signed the concession agreement of the Sh5.8 billion project at the KFS offices.