Only nine people survived death after a passenger boat they were sailing with capsized in Lake Victoria last night.
The survivors, according to eyewitnesses, were saved by rescue teams comprised of marine police and military personnel, and the local fishermen in Kalangala who responded to the incident last night and this morning.
According to the passenger manifest at Kasenyi landing site, the boat departed with 45 passengers and 3 crew members, as well as a large quantity of cargo, including cartons of salt, boxes of soap and crates of beers among others estimated to about 60 million shillings. END
