Daily Monitor
Wednesday January 27 2021
This representational picture taken in 2018 shows people on a boat at Kalangala Island. Seven people are feared dead after a boat capsized on Lake Victoria on Tuesday. PHOTO/FILE.
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The search for seven people, who are feared dead in a boat accident on Lake Victoria, entered a second day yesterday with rescuers combing the lake for survivors.
The ill-fated boat, according to police, was transporting at least nine passengers from Lwanabatya Landing Site in Kyamuswa Sub-county, Kalangala District, to Kasenyi Landing Site in Entebbe, Wakiso District, on Sunday night.
The incident occurred at around 2am on Sunday morning between Lwanabatya and Jjaana Landing sites as the nine people were sailing in a fishing boat.