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Five dead, 17 rescued after boat carrying fishermen on Lake Victoria capsizes

Boats on the shores of Lake Victoria. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/Standard)

Five fishermen died Thursday evening after their boat capsized in Lake Victoria's Bunyala South port in Budalangi Constituency, Busia County.

The boat was overloaded at the time of the incident carrying 18 fishermen who were traveling from Nandekhe to Runyu.

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