Thousands of truck drivers tested for Covid-19 in bid to reinvigorate economy

Of all the border counties, Busia was the most affected, reporting more than 60 cases in three days. The county borders Uganda in Malaba.

Thousands of truck drivers across Kenya have been tested for Covid-19 by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) since July in a bid to reinvigorate regional economies impacted by the pandemic.

A statement from IOM on Saturday states that billions of dollars’ worth of goods begin the final leg of their in-land journey to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo aboard transport trucks originating at the sprawling port of Mombasa.