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Can Sh3.4b State plan save lives on L Victoria?

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Fishermen at Sindo beach on Lake Victoria. [File, Standard]

Each year, an estimated 500 people drown on Lake Victoria.

The carnage is so bad that recently, Martin Munga, the former Kenya Maritime Authority boss lost his job after he failed to save lives through a bungled search and rescue mission when MV Boys capsised on the lake with 10 passengers on board on August 8.

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