Tag Archives: Lake Victoria

Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The search for those missing after a Ugandan vessel capsized on  Lake Victoria on Saturday continues into a fourth day Tuesday. A combined force of Police, UPDF divers and members of the community failed to retrieve more bodies on the third day on Monday. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Although world over marine transport is considered one of the most comfortable means of transport, in Uganda it is a different story with discomfort and poor mechanical conditions of the vessels which has contributed to accidents and losing of lives. The Saturday evening boat …

➡ Biggest Lake on African continent, 70,000 square km ➡ Every year, 3,000 & 5,000 fishermen die ➡ Sept 20, 2018 – MV Nyerere sinks, 200+ die ➡ May 21, 1996 – MV Bukoba sinks, 800 drown ➡ November 24, 2018 – Over 30 drown  close to Mutima beach Mutima, Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said government has ordered electronic tracking of all boats on Lake Victoria for safety and security reasons. He said this a day after a Ugandan boat cruise accident, where up to 60 people are feared dead. Earlier Sunday, the First …

22 dead, scores feared drowned after Uganda boat sinks Mutima, Uganda | AFP |  Twenty-two people have died and more than 60 are feared drowned after a pleasure boat sank on Lake Victoria, Ugandan police said Sunday. The vessel MV Templar carrying close to a hundred revellers sank during bad …

Quiet, somber mood at Mutiima beach as relatives and friends wait for news of their loved ones. There are occasional screams and cries when a body is pulled from the water. #Uganda #LakeVictoriaBoatAccident pic.twitter.com/WshWHKavpV — Catherine Byaruhanga (@cathkemi) November 25, 2018 An official organises possessions washed up at Mutima recovery …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Uganda Police has confirmed that at least 10 people drowned when a boat cruise capsized on Lake Victoria. They have rescued over 40, but reports indicate over 100 were on the boat ride from KK Beach in Mukono to nearby Mutima Island. …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Lake Victoria is the biggest lake in Africa and crossed every day by scores of boats that are often poorly maintained and overloaded, making them vulnerable to poor weather. Here is some background on the vast lake where more than 200 people drowned last month …

Geneva, Switzerland | AFP | Three quarters of freshwater species endemic to East Africa’s Lake Victoria basin face the threat of extinction, conservationists said Monday, warning the biodiversity there was being “decimated”. A fresh report backed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessed the extinction risk of …

THIS WEEK: Salim Saleh under fire over sand mining Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen Salim Saleh, national coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation and President Museveni’s brother has been criticized for his comments, encouraging the various sand mining activities happening in Lake Victoria. Saleh told environmentalists to stop harassing Mango …