Friday 6 August 2010

18 kids drown in Lake Victoria

From Daily News, Dar es Salaam
By NASHON KENNEDY in Mwanza

EIGHTEEN primary and pre-school children drowned in Lake Victoria on Thursday, after a boat they were in while going to school at Itendele Island in Sengerema District, Mwanza Region capsized.

The Sengerema District Commissioner, Mr David Palangyo, told 'Daily News' that the accident occurred in the morning, when 37 pupils from Lukungu Village were in a boat crossing to their school at Itendele Island.

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