{"id":53987,"date":"2023-08-09T11:36:41","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T11:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/list-boat-accident-victims-named"},"modified":"2023-08-09T12:59:02","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T12:59:02","slug":"list-boat-accident-victims-named","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/list-boat-accident-victims-named","title":{"rendered":"LIST: Boat accident victims named"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Police have released the names of victims of last week\u2019s boat accident on Lake Victoria.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 25 passengers reportedly perished when the boat they were travelling in capsized due to the strong winds on the lake on August 2.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased include Winnie Nankya, Nicholas Mukuutwa, Proscovia Namulondo, Edith Najjuma, Zamu Longose Mutesi Angel, Glades Nabiseere, Innocent Nsabimana, Dickson Wabwire, unidentified female adult, Francis Kalegeya, Grace Nakato, Emma Taremwe, Moses Ssimbwa Kyonge, and Derrick Okumu.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel, which was travelling from Kalangala District to Kasenyi Landing Site near Entebbe in Wakiso District, was reportedly overloaded.<\/p>\n<p>It had been carrying an estimated 30 to 34 passengers but only 10 survived.<\/p>\n<p>By yesterday evening, 15 bodies had been recovered from the lake, but only 13 were identified by relatives.<\/p>\n<p>However, the families of Sharon Watsemba, from Bududa District and Haruna Ssembatya of Kassanda District said the bodies of their loved ones had yet to be recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The families have been camping at Kasenyi Landing Site since the incident occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Philip Mutinye, the father of Watsemba, said he had started losing hope of ever recovering his daughter\u2019s body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be unfortunate if I leave this place without Watsemba\u2019s body. I believe it was God\u2019s decision to take her in such a tragic way but I pray that He allows us get her remains and we accord her a decent burial. If we fail, it will haunt the family forever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Twalib Yawe, a resident of Kanziira-Kigarama in Kassanda District, said his brother, Ssembatya, sold firewood at Lwanabatya Landing Site.<\/p>\n<p>The Commander of the Police Marine Unit, Mr Ubaldo Bamunoba, said rescuers, who include marine personnel from police and army, and volunteer fishermen, are optimistic that they can find more bodies.<\/p>\n<p>He said some of the people believed to have drowned like Pastor Joseph Lule and Mama Kambugu disembarked the ill-fated boat before it set off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday [yesterday], we haven\u2019t got any bodies despite our divers combing all corners of the lake. We have not given up yet and tomorrow [today] the operation will resume and if more families still complain that corpses of their relatives are missing, we will be here to assist them,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>Mr Solomon Bwanika, a fisherman at Kasenyi Landing Site, said the missing bodies may have got tangled in fishing nets, which makes it hard to find them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome [bodies] are intentionally pushed into fishing nets by merciless fishermen to use them as baits to catch more fish. But sometimes the bodies get trapped there on their own,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, said the fishermen can retrieve them.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike on ferries and other large water vessels where passengers\u2019 particulars are captured before boarding, traditional private wooden boat operators keep no records and this explains why identifying victims has been difficult.<\/p>\n<p><b>List of victims in boat accident<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Deceased and age<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Winnie Nankya, 29<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Nicholas Mukuutwa<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Proscovia Namulondo, 44<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Edith Najjuma, 30<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Zamu Longose Mutesi Angel,35<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Glades Nabiseere, 40<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Innocent Nsabimana, 35<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Dickson Wabwire, 30<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Unidentified woman<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Francis Kalegeya, 28<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Grace Nakato, 18<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Emma Taremwe, 22<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Moses Ssimbwa Kyonge, 27<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Derrick Okumu, 20<\/p>\n<p><b>Still missing<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sharon Watsemba,21<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Haruna Ssembatya, 55<\/p>\n<p><b>Survivors<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Denis Odong<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Jackson Ndagwa, 60<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bernard Matemani, 58<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lawrence Kiiza, 29<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Jackson Besigye, 53<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Julius Ssemujju Ssiida (skipper)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sabili Magezi, 23<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Abas Mukisa, 23<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Annet Nakirijja, 45<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Police have released the names of victims of last week\u2019s boat accident on Lake Victoria. An estimated 25 passengers reportedly perished when the boat they were travelling in capsized due to the strong winds on the lake on August 2. The deceased include Winnie Nankya, Nicholas Mukuutwa, Proscovia Namulondo, Edith Najjuma, Zamu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":53986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-53987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>LIST: Boat accident victims named - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police have released the names of victims of last week\u2019s boat accident on Lake Victoria. 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