At least 10 people died after a cruise boat capsized in Lake Victoria on Saturday evening.
Ugandan police said
more than 40 others were rescued.
"The rescue mission is still on to find others," said police spokesman Emilian Kayima.
The cruise boat went down off Mukono district, which is close to the capital Kampala, the Daily Monitor reported on its website.
Tanzania's MV Nyerere ferry capsized in Lake Victoria leaving at least 224 people dead last September.
The lake has had a history of ferry disasters, the worst being 1996 when MV Bukoba killed over 800 people after it sank in Mwanza.
