2 Boats Capsize in Separate Incidents, 6 Rescued, 5 Missing and 1 Dead.

Two boat accidents have been registered on Lake Victoria. The first incident happened when a boat from Kasi islands heading to Katosi in Mukono district. On board were two unidentified occupants, that is a woman and a man. 

"The boat was loaded with food stuff. It capsized due to over loading of goods and bad weather.
The woman drowned and the man was rescued by fishmongers," Patrick Onyango KMP Spokesperson said.

The second incident involved a transport boat from Kiseba islands heading to Katosi in Mukono.
It was carrying 11 people on board. It had 100 bags of charcoal, 40 bags of silver fish and other personal belongs. It capsized between Jana and Kimmi.
Six (06) people were rescued by another transport boat and five (05) people are still missing. 

"Police Marines are in the waters trying to locate the missing people whether dead or alive.
The cause of accident is over loading and bad weather.
We appeal to travellers who use water transport to always have life jackets and not to over load their vessels," Onyango cautioned.