By ANTHONY KITIMO More by this AuthorThe government will remove roadblocks and increase the number of Covid-19 testing centres to facilitate faster movement of goods from the port of Mombasa. East African Community and Regional Development Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed said increasing cost of cargo transport is attributed to human-made delays, which have increased turnaround time, thus affecting players in the transport and logistics sector. Speaking at the Miritini Covid-19 testing centre during the launch of an awareness campaign against the spread of Covid-19 and stigmatisation along the Northern Corridor, the CS said he has already ordered a number of them to be removed. "During my trip to this function, I stopped at a number of roadblocks mostly targeting truckers. Due to inefficiencies along the corridor, truckers have adjusted transport cost upward with Kampala shippers forced to cough an extra Sh100,000.

Source: Daily Nation July 04, 2020 10:41 UTC