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Ferry with unknown number of passengers capsizes in Lake Victoria

Rescuers throng a beach in Lake Victoria where a ferry with unknown number of passengers capsized. [Isaiah Gwengi/Standard]

A massive rescue operation is underway after a passenger ferry capsized on the Kenya side of Lake Victoria in Siaya County.

Authorities had not established the number of casualties by the time of going to press but it was feared that scores may have lost their lives in the Saturday evening accident.

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