Denish Ongora (denish.ongora@vol.co.ug)
Dokolo
A 35 year old fisherman yesterday drowned in Lake Kwania at Wigudu landing site in Kwera Sub County, Dokolo district.
The deceased identified as Bonny Ogwal 35,a resident of Kwania district went fishing with his friend Bob Okao at around midnight and were reportedly drunk.
Kwera Sub County LC3 chairman David Adim said the duo was rowing a very small non-recommended dilapidated boat.
Adim said the boat begun sinking after the clothes the duo had used to block holes in it were washed away by water, forcing Okao Bob to jump into the water and he swam to the lake shore.
However Ogwal Bonny who failed to swim drowned in the lake.
By press time, fishermen had mounted a search for Ogwal’s body.
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