/ 13 February 2000

22 DROWN IN UGANDAN LAKE

SOME 22 people drowned when their boat capsized in western Uganda’s Lake Albert earlier this week, police said on Friday. Police spokesman John Kimera said that the accident occurred on Wednesday night when the boat was travelling from Kihoro town in Hoima district to Panyamuru in Nebbi district. The boat reportedly hit submerged metal bars as it approached the docking area at Panyamuru and overturned. Fourteen passengers survived.