Four people, including a couple and their six-month-old child, drowned in Lake Victoria when a boat capsized
near Sirongo beach on Sunday evening.
The fourth victim is said to have been a form
three student of Gobei Secondary School.
The group took a
canoe with four other relatives who were rescued by fishermen in the incident in
Bondo sub-county.
Nyang’oma assistant chief Michael Osare said they had visited a family member on
Sifu Island and were on their way back home.
Osare said the boat split into two before capsizing.
He said the survivors held on to the wreckage until the fishermen reached them.
The baby's body was retrieved immediately and the mother's at about 4am on Monday. The other two bodies have not yet been found.
Osare said tradition demands that the survivors camp at the shore until search operations are completed.
The infant's body was taken to
Bondo sub-county hospital mortuary.
