Lake Victoria tragedy: Eight bodies retrieved as search enters day three

Felix Ouma, coxswain, in his hospital bed at Homa Bay County Referral Hospital on September 22, 2021. This follows an accident which involved his boat in Lake Victoria near Pier Beach in Homa Bay town on Tuesday. Eight people have been confirmed dead. [James Omoro, Standard]

When Felix Ouma took out his boat into Lake Victoria on Tuesday evening, he never thought the journey would turn tragic, leaving eight people dead and four others missing.

Ouma was ferrying passengers from Pier Beach in Homa Bay town to Ndhuru beach in the neighbouring Mbita sub-county.