Long-distance truck drivers have blamed the English Premier League and other world top leagues for the perennial traffic jams in Busia and Malaba towns. Agents who clear trucks ferrying cargo to Uganda, the drivers claim, sometimes prefer watching football at the expense of their work. Malaba and Busia is where we face challenges.”Clearing agents, however, said the long trucks’ queues are a result of a new online system introduced by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). They said although some of their members love watching football, their absence at their work stations has never complicated the process of clearing trucks at the border. According to the Kenya Revenue Authority, 70 per cent of the cargo transported from Kenya into Uganda passes through the Malaba border post making it East Africa’s busiest transit point.

Source: The Star January 02, 2020 19:07 UTC