Mbabali committed suicide by drowning on Friday afternoon. Residents tried to search for his body from the lake in vain until it was found last evening. The deceased’s body is scheduled to be transported this morning to his ancestral home in Mawogola for burial.
The
body of the fisherman who drowned himself in Lake Victoria after torching his
property at Nkose Landing Site in Kalangala district has been recovered.
Mbabali's body was found around 100
meters away from the shoreline of Nkose Landing Site on Saturday evening.
Mbabali committed suicide by drowning on
Friday afternoon. Residents tried to search for his body from the lake in vain
until it was found last evening.
The deceased’s body is scheduled to be transported
this morning to his ancestral home in Mawogola for burial.
Rashid Bbosa, the Nkose Landing LC I
Chairperson, says the decision by the fishermen to take his life is a concern
to the local leaders.
//Cue in:"Abantu abo oluusi..
Cue out:..nti nfudde lwakino:"//
John Ssembule, the Nkose Landing Site
Information Secretary has appealed to the district authorities to consider
providing counselling services to fishermen to avoid similar occurrences.
//Cue in:"Tusuliriddwa nnyo abantu..
Cue out:..kuliko emboozi eyawukana,"//
At least four fishermen have committed suicide
in the space of one month at Nkose Landing Site.
Samuel Nkuba
Freelancer