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Fishermen at Sindo beach on LakeVictoria. [File, Standard]
Each year, an estimated 500 people drown on LakeVictoria.
The carnage is so bad that recently, Martin Munga, the former Kenya Maritime Authority boss lost his job after he failed to savelives 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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