Uganda drops mandatory Covid-19 tests for truckers
Truckers last Tuesday left their vehicles parked at the Busia border in protest over mandatory Covid-19 tests, creating a traffic jam of more than 50km. PHOTO | FILE
Kampala was last week locked up in endless crisis meetings seeking fresh ways to end a strike by truckers over mandatory testing of all drivers at border crossing points.
On Friday, Ugandan authorities agreed to allow cargo truck crews with negative Covid-19 test results taken within 72 hours to transit through the country and to recognise PCR test results from Kenya as long as they are carried out in one of the EAC Secretariat’s recognised laboratories. The government also reduced Covid-19 testing fees from $30 at the borders to $25 for truckers.
