Here is Brian Masole, a student at KIU who saved Irene Namubiru’s life

By Our Reporter

Musician Irene Namubiru is still alive because a student of Kampala International University (KIU) Brian Masole rescued her as she called for help on Saturday evening when the boat capsized near Mutima Beach, sending over 100 revelers under water, over 30 died though the search to retrieve more bodies continues.

Namubiru says: “Brian saved my life and many others’. He went back to the lake 3 times until there were no other people alive.”

According Namubiru, Brian and other fellow students had hired their boat to go have fun on the nearby Islands. “When they heard and saw our boat capsizing, he quickly took his friends ashore and cane to rescue us.”

She says she heard her distress calls for help as she saw other boats passing them by in water that fateful Saturday. “ ..Saw the light of my phone that I kept waving up and came right to me.”

She says Brian asked her for the phone, bag and then pulled her in. “Then he tried to pull the lady who came grabbing on my hand and life jacket almost drowning me,” she says.  “I managed to bring her up to the boat but she died right there as part of her life jacket got stuck under the boat and she was too heavy. That was Mrs. Bisase owner of the boat. I left my phone with Brian which he used to save others and went straight to resuscitate a one Shylla Nankunda who must have died on the boat.”

“I thank you Brian, The fishermen, the locals and all those who with whom we were trying to save others. It’s unfortunate that one fisherman died so others could live. May he R.I.P.

On that very night, she says, Brian communicated with her people and assured them that she was alive and safe. “At 03h30 he was at my house with my manager just to make sure,” she says.