Two children die as boats collide in Lake Victoria
A Kenya Red Cross official gives first aid to a survivor of the boat accident. The survivors clutched on anything they could find. Some had life jackets and, perhaps, this is what saved their lives. PHOTO | BENSON MOMANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
With 23 other passengers, they boarded a 60-foot boat that was heading to Sori in Migori County from Ringiti Island.
The coxswain, Mr John Odero Ajamba, 50, said they stayed afloat hanging onto the ill-fated boat before they were rescued and taken to the nearby Kiwa Island.
According to Mr Omusanga, the passenger boat, too, did not have any light during the mishap.
She looked helpless and lost in deep thought.
Tears rolled down her cheeks as Kenya Red Cross and other humanitarian workers, whom she had met probably for the first time Wednesday, offered her a shoulder to lean on.
