DEVELOPMENT stakeholders have been challenged to provide support in building more capacities that will make it possible to prepare and manage different disasters that might occur in Lake Victoria in the future The call was made here on Tuesday by Mwanza Regional Commissioner (RC), John Mongela when he received various items and rescue gear worth about 120m/-to be used by rescue missions in the event of maritime accidents.
A list of donated items included 1568 life jackets, eight radio calls, 20 diving suits, 21 fire extinguishers, 21 fire blankets and 21 first aid kits. They will be distributed to Bwiru Secondary school and Nyamagana Primary School in Mwanza and others to Bugusa, Irugwa, Bwisya, Bikiko and Mibungo schools in Ukerewe Island.
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