At least 30 people have drowned.

Weeping families watched the bodies of their loved-ones being brought ashore.

Police are blaming poor weather and an overcrowded unseaworthy boat for the latest tragedy on Africa’s largest  lake.

The victims include fishermen who tried to rescue passengers flung into the water by the capsizing vessel.

Maritime disasters are commonplace on the 70 000 km2 lake shared by Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.

Two months ago more than 200 people drowned when the ferry MV Nyerere capsized in the Tanzanian side of Lake Victoria.

Authorities talk tough after an incident but the lethally lawless sailing continues within days.

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He  says the MY Nyerere was overcrowded and there negligence involved it is capsizing. 

It’s unclear exactly how many people rescuers have saved from the water of Lake Victoria.

Figures range from 40 to more than 100.

Must depends on how many passengers were on the ferry. 

It was initially said there were more than 400.

Now officials are saying it was half of that but still twice the capacity of the ferry.

Many of the families have gone to the shore of Africa’s largest lake to witness the rescue operation.

President John Magauli has declared four days of national mourning  following the disaster,

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Officials fear the death toll could rise above 200.

The Motor Vessel Nyerere was a carrying more than 400 passengers when it capsized and sank between Ukora and Bugolora islands on Africa’s largest lake.

It was close to shore and passengers had rushed to one side of the vessel to disembark.

Many were carry heavy goods having visited a weekly market.

100 people were rescued – 32 of them in critical condition.

Poor visibility halted rescue operations in the dark.

Overcrowding has caused a number of boating tragedies in Tanzania. A boat with a capacity of 620, but carrying more than 1 000 sank off Zanzibar in 2011, killing more than 200 people

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