Ukerewe

While the Central Monitoring and Rescue Centre is being built in Ilemela District, other stations will be built in Mwanza South Port, Darajani-Chato, Musoma, Mwibara, Nansio-Ukerewe, Kakukuru-Ukerewe, Magarini-Muleba, Kemondo and Ukara-Ukerewe.

A coconut plantation and beach provided the backdrop for a fashion shoot one day, while Nansio’s main market, a sawmill and brickmaking businesses offered insights into Ukerewe’s economy.

A new church being built in Mwanza, Tanzania’s second city, a four-hour ferry ride south of Ukerewe and the destination for the island’s surplus fruit and vegetables.

Ukerewe district commissioner Colonel Lucas Magembe told Reuters the rescue mission to find survivors from Thursday’s disaster had been halted until dawn on Friday (local time).