Uganda PM moves in to solve Kenyan truckers' Covid test stalemate

Trucks pile up at Malaba border point.

Trucks pile up at Malaba border point between Kenya and Uganda on September 07, 2020. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

The East African Community member states depending on the Northern Corridor transit route for imports and exports have been thrown into more uncertainty after Uganda failed to the address striking drivers demands.

A crisis meeting called by Uganda’s Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has tasked the ministers of Health and East African Community (EAC) Affairs to study the drivers’ concerns and make recommendations to the ministerial committee trying to end the strike.