Long distance trucks remained parked on the Kenyan side of the border as clearing agents suspended work to protest the decision by the Uganda government to shut border operations. “Our agents have decided to close work,” Kennedy Osiya, the Malaba border clearing agents chairman, said on phone. We will not work.”The bridge that connects Kenya to Uganda had been blocked by 4pm. “I had come to Kenya to buy products for my shop but now I cannot go back to Uganda,” Winny Tumwebaze said as a Ugandan police officer barred her from crossing into Uganda. The stretch that connects the One Stop Border Post and the Malaba-Bungoma highway remain deserted as no people were being allowed to enter Kenya.

Source: The Star March 23, 2020 02:15 UTC