Tragedy as three university students drown during beach party

Busia.

A handover party for the Busitema university students last evening ended in tears after three students drowned in Lake Victoria at Majanji in Busia District.
The deceased who were among a group of students who had gone to Sangalo sand beach for the party organized by the Busitema university Teso students association were in the water swimming when they were reportedly swept away by a strong wave.

By Sunday afternoon, two bodies had been recovered while the search for the third student was still going on by the marine police.
One of the students, Caesar Oyuku told this reporter that the deceased dived into the water to swim as they waited for the start of the annual hand over party when the strong wave swept them.
He said all the victims were from faculty engineering. They are Jim Reeves Mwesigwa, a fourth year student of water resources engineering, Nathan Emolu and Demosha Asiimwe, both first year students.

Godfrey Chope, the OC police marines at Majanji landing site confirmed the death of the three students. He said they had recovered two bodies; Emolu and Mwesigwa.
Chope said he had on several occasions warned the beach management to provide life saver jackets and to mark the swimming points with
balloons but they had not taken heed of his warnings.

"As police we are holding the management of the beach accountable for the death of these students. They have no life saver jackets for their patrons and have no marks to indicate the deadly spots," he said.