Four Coast Guard officers whose boat capsized in Lake Victoria on Friday have been found and are well.
Kenya Maritime Authority Engineer Director General Martin Munga said there were no fatalities.
The four crewmen were rescued and are recovering in the hospital.
The officers were reported missing on Friday night.
The team was part of security arrangements deployed to cover President William Ruto’s event at Mageta Island in Kisumu’s Bondo Subcounty.
The accident happened on their way back to Kisumu.
“Some of my officers here have been all throughout the night monitoring because we are in charge of search and rescue,” Munga said.
The search team is said to have made contact with the officers at around 1 am.
They had their life safety jackets on and were floating on the water.
Munga termed it as a happy day noting that yesterday at 8 pm they did not know what was happening out there.
Speaking during the launch of Lake Victoria Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Kisumu, he added that the incident shows the need and urgency for the just launched centre.
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