Search for the bodies of the Sunday afternoon Lake Albert boat accident victims resumes on Monday morning.
According to marine police, a boat carrying at least 50 people, football players and fans capsized on Sunday afternoon killing at least 30 occupants. The team was made up of residents of Fofo landing site in Tonyoa Parish Buseruka Sub County Hoima district.
The marine police identified some of the deceased by one name each. They include; Bob,Fisto,Jango,Ayera, Majid Mayaya,Omirambe,Bondhe and Opakrwoth. Others are Dhebaba,Nyayenga,Winnie,Kothu and Anifa.
Survivors have been identified as Emmanuel Ageno 20, Jalum Oakani 22, Sara Maurine 24,Rose Chikawun 18,Kenneth Twesige 20, Madithrwoth Thie 18 and Godfrey Alimula 22, Zawadi Rundi 20, Warom Oyirwoth 27, Mubaraka 19, Damas Oyirwoth 18, Oyergiu 16,Oringi and Asumani among others.
By Sunday evening, only two bodies had been retrieved from the lake.
According to survivors, the boat started losing balance immediately after take-off but many of the occupants thought it was a normal occurrence on the lake.
However, after sailing, the survivors say one side of the boat sank into the water, and since several passengers on the boat were drunk, they couldn’t realize the boat was capsizing.
There was also a stampede when the boat started capsizing forcing some of the occupants to jump into the lake, and fishermen from Fofo and Hoima landing sites managed to rescue some of the people while others had already died.
Similar to late last year’s boat accident on Lake Victoria where more than 30 people died, the occupants of this boat were alerted of a possible danger by the amount of water in the boat which was midway just a few meters after setting off, but most of the people on the boat did not take the warnings seriously since they were drunk
