Some of the truck drivers from Tanzania wait to be tested of Covid-19 at Namanga border yesterday. Yesterday, hundreds of truck drivers queued on both sides of the boarder hoping to be tested, causing huge traffic of over 25 kilometers. Trouble started last week after Kenya's Ministry of Health ordered that all truck drivers must be tested for Covid-19. SEE ALSO: Truckers stranded at border points over testing hitchAn officer who works at the lab and who declined to be named said Tanzanian drivers are reluctant to be tested as they say they are uncomfortable with the procedures used. Meanwhile, over 100 Kenyan truck drivers being detained at Sirare on the Kenyan-Tanzania border are facing a humanitarian crisis.

Source: Standard Digital June 10, 2020 16:51 UTC