Two Kenyan fishermen were Monday night shot dead by Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) officer while fishing in Lake Victoria.
The incident happened at Sumba area in Budalang’i.
Bunyala police boss Isaiah Mose said one fisherman succumbed on the spot while another died while undergoing treatment at Port Victoria Sub-county Hospital.
Officials from the Kenya coast guard police responded to the incident and managed to save three other fishermen who are still receiving treatment at the hospital.
“We received the incident from our coast guard police where our fishermen were ambushed by the Ugandan army who shot and killed two fishermen last night as a result of the confrontation.
Our officers managed to rescue three other fishermen,” Mose said.
He said they have engaged the Ugandan authorities to solve the issue.
Kenya has deployed coast guards to protect the Kenyan territory from such incidents.
About 75 Kenyan fishermen have been arrested while fishing in Lake Victoria with over 60 having been released and about 15 either still detained or gone missing in the hands of Ugandan security officers in the last six months, officials say.
There are more than 20,000 fishermen spread across the 20 beaches in the Budalang’i sub-county where the five fishermen came from.
