Dar es Salaam — It has emerged that the captain of MV Nyerere, a ferry, which capsized on Thursday in Lake Victoria killing over 130 people, wasn't in the ferry, when it capsized.
Addressing the nation on Friday evening, September 21 President John Magufuli said he has information that the captain had left the duty of steering the ferry that fateful day to a person who was not formally trained for the job.
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