Four Tanzanian fishermen drowned in Lake Victoria

By Bimbo Ogunnaike with agency report

Tanzanian Mara Regional Police Commisioner, Juma Ndaki, has confirmed that no fewer than four fishermen drowned in Lake Victoria early Tuesday after their fishing boat capsized in the lake.

“The boat capsized at 1.30 a.m. on Tuesday close to Kibara landing site in Bunda district in Mara region,” Ndaki  told newsmen during press briefing.

The fishing boat capsized after water had filled in it through a hole that the fishermen did not notice,  the commissioner said, adding that the fifth fisherman in the boat was rescued by other fishers after he had screamed calling for help as he was clinging on the capsized boat.

Ndaki said the four bodies of the victims had been recovered and handed over to relatives for burial arrangements.