June 2018. The Citizen (Tanzania), reported similar information. Incidents and accidents On 21 May 1996, sank off Mwanza. She was carrying many more passengers than the 430 passengers she was certificated for, and 894 people were killed. In the early hours of 8 May 2005, Kabalega and Kaawa collided almost head-on. Kaawa damaged her bow and Kabalega suffered damage to her bow and flooding in two of her buoyancy tanks. Kaawa managed to return to port, but a few hours after the collision, Kabalega sank about southeast of the Ssese Islands. After the collision MV Pemba was also suspended from service. On 28 April 2006, capsized. She was a cargo and passenger ferry owned by the Dynamic Cotton Ginnery of Mwanza in Tanzania. She was carrying more than forty passengers, 28 of whom were feared dead. In February 2013, fire broke out on the MV Victoria whilst docked at Mwanza Port. It is believed that it was due to the welding works going on in one of the lower deck rooms and sparks of fire then passed on to the adjacent storage compartment. The situation was under control within two hours. The Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority (SUMATRA) blamed the management for professional negligence. On 10 October 2014, MV Victoria experienced an engine failure midway on its journey from Bukoba to Mwanza. On 20 September 2018, at least 228 people died when the overloaded motor ferry MV Nyerere, carrying "close to 270 passengers", capsized on Lake Victoria between Ukerewe Island and Ukara Island, Tanzania, from the pier on Ukara Island. About 41 people were rescued, with 32 sustaining critical injuries. References External links Malcolm McCrow's EAR&H history site Kamanga Ferry - Lake Victoria Ferries Ferries of Uganda Ferries of Kenya Ferries Ferries of Tanzania