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KAMPALA, Uganda - A boat capsized on the Ugandan side of Lake Victoria and all 30 people onboard drowned, police said Saturday.

The vessel capsized late Friday about four miles away from its destination, Kyatu Island in Lake Victoria, police spokesman Hassan Kasinje said. The passengers boarded the boat on the shores of Lake Victoria, about 125 miles east of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, Kasinje said.

He said that fishermen who were about half a mile away saw the boat capsizing, rowed to the scene but by the time they reached the boat, all the passengers had drowned.

Kasinje said police have found 17 bodies and are looking for the rest because they have established no one survived the accident.

Boat accidents are common in Uganda, which has a number of lakes, and are mostly blamed on overloading and the near absence of law enforcement to monitor boat traffic.

Lake Victoria is the world's second-largest body of fresh water, has a number of islands and borders Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.

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