Tag Archives: Lake Victoria

 A clever water provision solution built by two local entrepreneurs is providing clean drinking water to thousands of residents at two Lake Victoria beach communities. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | When Odak Onyango and Vallery Adhiambo were growing up along the shores of Lake Victory in western Kenya, clean …

Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform-NUP president, Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi, has asked the government to withdraw the Uganda People’s Defense Forces- UPDF marine officers from Lake Victoria for allegedly mistreating fishermen. Speaking to his supporters in Mayuge town council Monday, Kyagulanyi asserted that UPDF officers have …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Opposition in Parliament has castigated the government’s lukewarm response to lake week’s boat accident on Lake Victoria which claimed at least 20 lives. Addressing a press conference at Parliament on Tuesday, 08 August 2023, a section of Opposition MPs led by the Shadow …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A frantic and resource-limited search is still ongoing to recover the bodies of over twenty people who drowned on Lake Victoria on Tuesday morning. Hordes of relatives have been camping at Kasenyi landing site, desperately hoping to find their loved ones. Ronald Bogere, the chairman …

Mwanza, Tanzania | Xinhua | Rescuers have found 12 bodies of the people who went missing after two boats capsized in Lake Victoria in Tanzania Sunday evening, authorities said Wednesday. The two boats were ferrying about 28 people returning to Bulomba village after prayers in a church in Mchigondo village, …

Kalangala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Novat Mukajanga Baliremwa, a marine engineering specialist, has emphasized the importance of conducting regular safety drills for operators of public water transport vessels. His call comes in response to a recent incident involving MV Nodl, which caused panic among nearly 100 passengers traveling on …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian Vice President Philip Mpango on Thursday called for the protection of water sources that flow into Lake Victoria, one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes. Mpango made the call shortly before he laid the foundation stone for a 24.4-billion-Tanzanian-shilling (about 10.4 million U.S. …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian authorities said Monday they have launched a full investigation into the cause of a plane crash into Lake Victoria on Nov. 6 that killed 19 people. Gerson Msigwa, the chief government spokesperson, said the cabinet that met in the capital Dodoma directed local …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has ordered authorities to employ a fisherman who led a rescue mission for passengers after their plane crashed into Lake Victoria on Sunday morning, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said on Monday. A statement by the Prime Minister’s Office said …

Mwanza, Tanzania | XINHUA |  The death toll from a Tanzanian plane crash into Lake Victoria on Sunday morning has risen from three to 19 by late afternoon, said the country’s Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa. Majaliwa, who visited the crash site on the shores of Lake Victoria in Bukoba district …