{"id":171653,"date":"2022-04-12T11:14:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T03:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=171653"},"modified":"2022-04-12T11:14:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T03:14:01","slug":"uganda-rescuers-retrieve-all-six-bodies-drowned-in-lake-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=171653","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Rescuers retrieve all six bodies drowned in Lake Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/790\/79071042.jpg\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"6 found dead as boat capsizes on Lake Victoria\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6 found dead as boat capsizes on Lake Victoria<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"article-123\">KAMPALA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Rescuers have finally recovered all the six bodies of people who went missing following a boat accident on Lake Victoria last Sunday.<br><br>\u201cWe can confirm that all the six bodies have been recovered and our full week search has ended,\u201d Amir Kiggundu, a councillor representing Kiyindi Ward at Kiyindi Town Council said.<br><br>The ill-fated boat, according to Police, was transporting building materials including cement and stones from Kiyindi landing site in Buikwe District to Namatale landing site in Buvuma District.<br><br>At least six passengers were on board. The incident occurred last Sunday around 8pm.<br><br>\u201cWe are still carrying out investigations to establish what exactly led the boat to capsize,\u201d Caroline Akoth, the Ssezibwa regional police commander said<br><br>Hussein Bagalya, the Bwema Sub County speaker said the accident could have been a result of overloading and at the same time, the boat skipper was under the influence of alcohol.<br><br>\u201cWe have also learnt that all the occupants were not wearing life-saving jackets, may be they could have been saved,\u201d he said.<br><br>Despite her numerous lakes and rivers, Uganda\u2019s water transport network remains one of the most forgotten sectors in the country. Most boats on Ugandan lakes are obsolete, unlicensed or uninsured and the landing sites are in a deplorable state.<br><br>On Jan 24, 2021, seven people drowned after a boat they were sailing in capsized. The victims were sailing from Lwanabatya landing site in Kalangala District to Kasenyi landing site, Entebbe in Wakiso District. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 found dead as boat capsizes on Lake Victoria KAMPALA, April 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Rescuers have finally recovered all the six bodies of people who went missing following a boat accident on Lake Victoria last Sunday. \u201cWe can confirm that all the six bodies have been recovered and our full week search has ended,\u201d Amir [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":171654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[213],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171653"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171655,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171653\/revisions\/171655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/171654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}