Two varsity students dead after overloaded boat capsizes
Two varsity students from UoN confirmed dead after an overloaded boat capsizes in Lake Victoria
Two varsity students from UoN confirmed dead after an overloaded boat capsizes in Lake Victoria.
Two University of Nairobi students drowned while four others were rescued after a boat capsized in Lake Victoria in Busia County, as they were taking selfies on Saturday evening.
On Sunday morning, the two bodies were discovered as the hunt for a third student continued on.
The Kenya coastguard officers were called to help with search and rescue.
However, the search operation was suspended on Saturday evening and resumed on Sunday morning.
“Efforts to recover the bodies were halted due to bad weather and darkness, but a multi-agency team with the help of the Kenya coast guards will resume the search today. Possibilities of survival are minimal,” Budalang’i police boss Isaiah Mose said early Sunday.
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The seven varsity students were taking selfies on the overloaded boat in Budalang’i when it capsized and the four were rescued by residents from a nearby village.
“The students were on an evangelical mission in Budalang’i. They had a crusade which culminated in a baptism event, under the Seventh Day Adventist church,” Mr. Mose said.
“After completing their mission, they went to the Lake Victoria waters to take photos. In the process, one of them attempted to take a selfie while standing on the boat, making it unstable. That is how the boat capsized.”
The boat had a capacity of three, the police boss said, and “the students were taking photos in shifts.”
However, “they wanted to take a group photo, [so] they overloaded it. The incident happened about 50 metres offshore,” he added.
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