Sunday 23 March 2008

Marine accidents loom in Lake Victoria

From IPP Media, Dar es Salaam
By Darius Mukiza, recently in Mwanza

"My God, we are dying. Who will save us? It is very dark. We see nothing. The pilots are quiet," one of the passengers aboard Mv Serengeti from Mwanza to Bukoba shouted almost hysterically. Within no time wailings from all corners filled the ship. It was like a disaster in the coming. Strong winds which sounded like a storm were hitting the ship.

All passengers, including myself, were gripped with fear.

We remembered the MV Bukoba disaster 12 years ago when about a thousand people lost their lives, forget property!

Read more:
http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/observer/2008/03/23/110928.html

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