Around 30 people are missing after a boat capsized on a river in western Uganda, police said on Wednesday, adding that only one survivor had been found from the previous evening's incident.
The boat was carrying "between 35 and 40 passengers on the Nguse River" in the Kagadi district, police said in a statement on X.
They could not immediately confirm the number of missing persons "due to lack of a passenger manifest."
"Marine Police are conducting search and rescue operations, while an inquiry into the cause of the accident is ongoing. Possible factors include overloading, night travel, and the condition of the vessel," it added, urging affected relatives to come forward.
The region has seen multiple boat accidents, particularly on Lake Victoria, which saw 20 deaths when a boat capsized in August 2023, 32 deaths when a boat sank in November 2018, and hundreds killed when the MV Nyerere passenger ferry sank on the Tanzanian side of the lake in September 2018.
