May 21, 1996=> Several hundred bodies were extracted with great difficulty by divers – mv Bukoba Bwiru Mwanza ,Tanzania.

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                            Haya ni majina ya Marehemu waliopatikana na kutambuliwa

May 21, kila mwaka Tanzania huwa inakumbuka ajali ya meli ya Mv. Bukoba iliyozama ndani ya ziwa Victoria ikitokea Bukoba mkoa wa Kagera kuja Jijini Mwanza ni zaidi ya Watanzania 1,000 walipoteza maisha kwenye hiyo ajali, Unaambiwa ilibaki mita karibu 25 kufika kwenye Bandari ya Mwanza , May 21,2016 itafikisha miaka 20 tangu ajali itokee 1996.
Wakati watanzania tunangoja muda ufike kuanza ibada ya kuwaombea Marehemu walipoteza uhai kwenye hiyo ajali  nakusogezea picha za mnara wenye majina ya Marehemu  uliowekwa kama kumbukumbu karibu na meli ilipozama Bwiru Mwanza.

In what many considered to be a disaster on a par with that of the ‘Titanic’ in 1912 (over 1,500 people perished) some 700 people died when the Lake Victoria passenger ship ‘M V Bukoba’ capsized on May 21 just 30 minutes before reaching Mwanza port. Only 53 people survived. President Mkapa declared three days of national mourning. Governments and individuals all over the world sent their condolences.
Eye witness survivors told how the ship was loaded with many more than its 433-passenger capacity should have allowed. At eight am, with Mwanza in sight the ship began to sway. Huge jikos, dishes and kitchen equipment in the restaurant crashed to one side; the loud bang created a panic and as people rushed to the deck the vessel turned over. Ironically, the vast quantity of Bukoba bananas the passengers had earlier asked the crew to throw overboard, later helped survivors by giving them something to cling on to in the water. There were not enough lifebelts. The vessel remained on the surface, partially buoyant. But then rescuers, who could hear trapped passengers screaming and banging, ignored the pleas of fishermen, and decided to drill a hole into the hull to rescue those trapped inside. The effect however was to release the air which had kept the hull afloat and shortly after 3 pm the boat sank.
Several hundred bodies were extracted with great difficulty by divers – people in the packed third class compartment of the ship had linked arms in solidarity before they died and it proved extremely difficult to break them free. Most of the bodies of the dead were buried in mass graves in Mwanza. An old lady in Kagera Region collapsed and died after learning that her daughter and three grandchildren had perished. One victim, a Ugandan businessman, was found to be carrying $27,000 in notes.

                     Mnara wa majina ya Marehemu walipoteza maisha, ajali ya mv Bukoba

                                Baadhi ya majina ya Marehemu ambao hawakutambulika au kupatina KWA NAFASI ZA KAZI POPOTE TANZANIA, BONYEZA
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