Twenty-two people have died and more than 60 are feared drowned after a pleasure boat sank on Lake Victoria, Ugandan police said Sunday.
The vessel carrying close to a hundred revellers sank during bad weather on Saturday in the latest deadly incident to affect passenger boats on Africa's largest lake.
"Twenty-two bodies have been recovered and 26 people rescued," said Asuman Mugenyi, director of operations for the Uganda police.
"According to one of the survivors there were more than 90 people on board."
"We suspect the mechanical condition of the boat and the weather contributed to the sinking." "A big storm hit," said local government official Richard Kikongo. "It can be fine on land but bad weather on the lake."