Cross-border lorries strike over South Sudan killings
About 1,000 lorries from across East Africa have stopped at the main crossing point between Uganda and South Sudan after their drivers went on strike....
Truck drivers
Truck drivers want re-testing requirements for Covid reviewed
Long distance truck drivers are appealing to the Ministry of Health to review the requirement for re-testing for COVID-19 after 14 days. The truckers claim...
EABC calls for equal treatment of people coming into Kenya from Tanzania
The East African Business Council (EABC) is calling for equal treatment of all citizens entering Kenya from Tanzania, irrespective of whether they are truck drivers...
EAC rolls out regional electronic cargo, driver tracking system
The East Africa Community (EAC) Secretariat and its Partner States have rolled out a Regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking System (RECDTS) in a virtual...
COVID-19: Seven Kenyan truck drivers denied entry into Uganda
Seven more Kenyan truck drivers were Monday denied entry into Uganda after testing positive for COVID-19. The seven Kenyans and two Tanzanians tested positive at...
Truckers on Kenya – Uganda border vow to continue with protests
Transporters will continue to paralyse cargo operations along the Kenya-Uganda border unless officials of the two East African states address their plight amid the coronavirus...
Operations at Malaba disrupted following truck drivers protests
Operations at the Malaba One Stop Border Post have been disrupted after the long distance truck drivers blocked Kenya’s exit to Uganda to protest the alleged...
Kenya receives mobile labs to enhance testing capacity
Kenya has received two mobile laboratories from the German government to help in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking in a press briefing German ambassador...
Natembeya says there is no rift between Tanzania and Kenya
Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya has refuted claims that there is a rift between the Kenyan and Tanzanian governments following recent harsh utterances by...
Uhuru extends countrywide curfew for a further 21 days
President Uhuru Kenyatta has on Saturday afternoon announced the extension of the dusk-to-dawn curfew for a further 21-days after Kenya’s Covid-19 cases hit 830. In...