Several families in Uganda are in mourning ahead of Christmas celebrations after at least 20 of their relatives drowned when their boat capsized in Lake Victoria on Friday.
Police said their boat capsized in the fresh water lake while on a journey from Bukasa island to the port town of Entebbe.
“About 20 confirmed dead, 10 have been rescued”, area police commander Richard Musisi told AFP.
“Of the 20 who died we have managed to retrieve four bodies from the lake.”
“We can’t at the moment put a finger on what happened. Whether it was overload or the waves,” he said adding none of the passengers were wearing life jackets.
The passengers were travelling for the Christmas holidays, police said.
The ill-fated boat, police said, flipped for yet to be established reasons.
Bukasa’s inhabitants are largely fishermen and farmers. It is a favourite for foreign tourists, though none were among the dead.
