Uganda, Feb. 8 -- Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Mr Patrick Onyango has confirmed drowning of three people in Lake Victoria near Busabala landing site in Makindye Divison, Kampala District.

According to the brief statement posted on his X (formerly Twitter) handle, Mr Onyango said the three drowned in the lake in the afternoon of February 8 due to a heavy storm.

"Three people have drowned today [Thursday ] afternoon after the boat they were travelling in capsized near Busabala landing site," Onyango's post read in part.

"They were transporting sand from Mukono Islands to Busabala," it added.

This publication could not independently verify the details of the victims neither the progress of the recovery process.

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