In the Biblical narrative, when the 12 spies were sent to spy the city of Jericho, all went but came with different reports. Except Caleb and O’shea (later called Joshua), the rest reported that the land ‘ate its own people’ to depict that it was an inhabitable land that could not support life. Of course this was contrary to the evidence brought of the produce of the land.
But looking from the other end, every place where men live predisposes them to death in a unique way. This is true of the East African communities living around Lake Victoria. The blessings of the lake come with the equal dangers due to lifestyle and culture.