Uganda, March 10 -- In August last year, at least 20 passengers perished in Lake Victoria after an overloaded boat transporting them from Kalangala District to Kasenyi capsized in rough waters at night.

According to preliminary police findings at the time, majority of the deceased were not wearing life jackets and the boat was overloaded. This prompted Works minister, Gen Katumba Wamala, to renew calls for all travellers on water to have the buoyancy jackets.

Last month, three people drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsized near Busabala Landing Site in Makindye Division, Kampala. According to police, the three who were transporting sand from Mukono Islands to Busabala, drowned in the lake in the afternoon of February 8 d...