THE DAY THE BOAT WENT DOWN IN NALUBAALE, THERE WERE SO MANY SIGNS MY STORY | Iryn Namubiru | On Friday night, I tried to sleep. I could not. There is a born again church nearby and they started praying very early and never stopped. I could hear the speakers, you …
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Mutima, Uganda | Michael O’HAGAN – AFP | Before Alex Niyonzima was pitched into the lake waters, before other partygoers fell on top of him driving him deep below the surface, before drowning hands grabbed at his body, there had been a moment’s lull. Niyonzima hung from a table welded …
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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. …
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➡ 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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