TEN employees of Kawambwa Sugar have drowned, while six others survived after the boat they were using capsized. The incident occurred when 16 employees of the Kawambwa Sugar Company were crossing the Lwena River to get to work using a community banana boat. Luapula Province Police Commanding Officer Mwala Yuyi confirmed the tragic incident in a statement, stating that it happened around 04:00 hours on Monday. “First hand information on the case of drowning OB number 1580/25… reported on 24/03/25 at 07:30hrs by M/Peter Kaoma, aged 48 years, of village Kaanda, chief Mushota, district Kawambwa, and also Sub-Chief Kabanda, that there is a marine accident on the Lwena River and 10 male persons have drowned and died while 06 male...
