Nine musicians drown as boat capsizes in Lake Victoria

Eunice Akoth mourns the death of her brother who was in the company of Extra Boys Band which capsized in Lake Victoria from Lihunda beach en-route Ndeda island on June 25,2016. Only eight of the seventeen passengers survived with nine confirmed dead. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

Some of the nine musicians who drowned in Lake Victoria yesterday morning made desperate telephone calls to their loved ones as their boat capsized.

Many of them drowned when their boat was just three nautical miles from the  shore; an equivalent five kilometres on land.