18 YEAR OLD STUDENT DROWNS IN LAKE BUNYONYI

The Police marine Unit in Kabale is searching for the body of 18-year-old Promise Ahumuza who allegedly drowned when the local canoe she was traveling in together with her father and sister capsized.

Elly Maate the Kigezi region Police spokesman says the incident happened yesterday morning on Lake Bunyonyi when Christopher Kaganga together with his two daughters Promise Ahumuza and Floidus residents of Kashenyi in Kamuganguzi sub county Kabale district, were traveling from Butenga area in Kitumba sub-county where they had gone to collect sweet potatoes.

Maate explains that the canoe got filled with water as a result of strong wind, but the survivors continue holding the canoe until they were rescued but the deceased got tired after she tried to swim in vain.

She was a student of Buhumba foundation college.

The Police and other locals have tried to search for her body but in vain.

Maate advised locals to always use safety measures like life jackets whenever they are crossing the lake to avoid such incidents.