The Power points about MV Bukoba Ferry, the built date, capacity, it's movement in Lake Victoria, the date sank, numbers of people killed, events for sinking, causes for sinking, replacement and the government ways forward.

1. MV BUKOBA
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EE Nyangaresi
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2. INTRODUCTION
 MV Bukoba was a Lake Victoria ferry that carried
passengers and cargo between the Tanzanian ports
of Bukoba and Mwanza
 MV Bukoba was built in about 1979 and had
capacity for 850 tons of cargo and 430 passengers
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3. MV Bukoba Ferry before sank
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4.  On 21 May 1996, MV Bukoba sank 30 nautical
miles (56 km) off Mwanza in 25 meters (14
fathoms) of water, killing up to 1,000 people
 The official deaths record is 894 and only 114
were survived
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5.  Among the dead were some 40 children returning
from their final exams in a government school in
Bukoba
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6. MV Bukoba Ferry after sank
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7. EVENTS FOR SINKING OF MV BUKOBA
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 The manifest for her final voyage showed 443
passengers in her first and second class cabins, but
her cheaper third class accommodation had no
manifest

8.  But 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
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9.  The government was overwhelmed by the crisis
and sought assistance from neighboring Kenya and
South Africa for concerted effort to remove the
bodies of those trapped in the sunken ship
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10.  Most of the bodies of the dead were buried in
mass graves in Mwanza
 A tower of memories was built at Igoma on the
outskirts of Mwanza town where victims were
buried in a mass grave
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11. A tower of memories
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12. Mass graves
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13.  On June 2 President Mkapa halted any further
recovery of decomposed bodies from the wreck as
this posed a health hazard to divers who had come
from South Africa, Kenya and Zanzibar
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14.  At a joint service of remembrance on June 3 Chief
Justice Nyalali spread a handful of soil on the lake
as a burial symbol
 The wreckage, which lies 27 metres below lake
level, became a permanent tomb for those whose
bodies could not be recovered
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15.  President Benjamin Mkapa declared three days of
national mourning
 Criminal charges were brought against nine
Tanzania Railway Corporation officials, including the
captain of the MV Bukoba and the manager of
TRC's Marine Division
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16.  Prime Minister Frederick Sumaye announced the
appointment of a Commission of Enquiry under
Judge Robert Kisanga which included five other
Tanzanians and six foreign experts
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17. CAUSES FOR SINKING OF MV BUKOBA
 Possible causes were identified by Captain Joseph
Muguthi, formerly of the Kenya Navy, and writing in
the pages of the Daily Nation as a marine
navigation consultant
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18.  He labelled it an accident waiting to happen, as
Lake Victoria ferries disregarded safety regulations
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 Lack of life jackets, life belts, and lifeboats

20.  Lack of distraess signals
 Equipment's available are not regularly checked
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21.  Overload
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23.  The vessels are not regularly dry docked for
routine maintenance and repairs
 The vessels are not regularly inspected
 The coxswains are not licensed to navigate
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24.  In additions, Muguthi blamed the incident on
governments' marine departments being staffed by
civil servants and politicians who have no
understanding of ships and marine decisions
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25.  The lack of equipment and divers were partially to
blame for slowness in the salvage operation
 Rescue teams from South Africa, including Navy
divers, were flown in to salvage the ship and
retrieve bodies
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26. REPLACEMENT
 Replacement of the new ship is on construction at
89.7 bn/-, with the capacity of carrying around
1200 passengers, 20 vehicles and 400 tonnes of
cargo
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27. CONCLUSION
 Due to sinking of Mv Bukoba, the government of
Tanzania now ensure regular inspection on all
marine vessels, constructing new vessels and
employing competent personnel who are familiar
with maritime and ship knowledge so as to avoid
more maritime accidents
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28. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 https://WWW.unitedrepublicoftanzania.com
 bukoba.weebly.com/mv-bukoba-disaster.html
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