Alarm as town becomes new pandemic hotspot

Trucks ferrying goods from Mombasa, queue along the Eldoret-Kipkarren road in Turbo Constituency, Uasin Gishu County, before crossing over to Uganda. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]  

Shaban Juma jumps out of his truck and walks into a shop in Jua kali town in Uasin Gishu County, to buy a cigarette.

The visibly frustrated truck driver has stayed in Jua Kali, a village trading centre located about 30 kilometres from Eldoret, for the last eight days.