Three fishermen killed after fishing boat collides with ship on Lake Victoria

The deceased have been identified as Fredrick Odhiambo, Pascal Oluoch, and Wickliffe Mino, all from Sindo Main Beach in Suba South constituency.

They were on a fishing expedition when the incident occurred late last night.

According to Edward Oremo, chairman of the Homa Bay County Beach Management Unit (BMU), the fishermen’s boat was struck by a ship traveling from Uganda to Kisumu while the four men were asleep after casting their nets.

The impact caused the boat to split into three parts.

“The section of the boat carrying the three fishermen sank, and they drowned as they were unable to swim,” Oremo said. He added that the surviving fisherman managed to cling to another section of the boat until he was rescued by fellow fishermen.

A search operation has been launched to recover the bodies of the deceased.