Uganda, July 21 -- The body of the drowned catechist that drowned in Lake Bunyonyi on Monday morning was last evening retrieved by local divers working with the marine police, after it eventually floated on the water at the spot where the incident happened.

Nafutali Kizabona, 35, catechist at Kayanga Catholic Church in Kabale District drowned in Lake Bunyonyi when the dugout canoe in which he was sailing capsized.

The LCIII chairman for Butanda Sub County Mr Bannet Champion confirmed the development saying that the body floated on the water after a tiresome search.

"The local divers and the marine police used barbed wires and sticks to search for the body but all was in vain. At around 5:40, the local residents that were seated at Kayang...