Truckers blame slow Covid-19 testing for Malaba traffic

Trucks.

Trucks at Webuye in Bungoma County, Kenya, making their way to the Kenya-Uganda border at Malaba on January 17, 2022. PHOTO | BRIAN OJAMAA | NMG

Long distance truck drivers along the northern corridor highway have blamed the slow Covid-19 testing at the Kenya-Uganda border in Malaba for the snarl-up.

Truck traffic is currently stretching about 130km from Malaba in Busia County to Lwandeti in Kakamega County, Kenya.