Kenyan truck drivers are now using short cuts to get the neighboring Uganda so that they can run away from being screened for Covid-19, details have emerged.

Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa Thursday night took to his social media accounts to reveal the route the drivers are now using to get to Uganda, just for them to run away from screenings at the Malaba boarder.

According to the lawmaker who is allied to Jubilee’s Tanga Tanga faction, the drivers have now opted to using lwakhakha/kimilili / mayanja road to get to the Yoweri Museveni-led country.

The lawmaker who protested the move by the drivers said it is unacceptable, arguing that the Bungoma County Commissioner might be sleeping on his job.

The lawmaker went ahead to reveal that his constituents are now contemplating to torch the drivers, and that he had run out of energy and tactics to beseech them not to do so.

The lawmaker suggests that the truck drivers should be forced to go back to Uganda and use the correct route of kanduyi-malaba boarder.

“It’s frightening tha truck drivers are running away from being screened and instead opting to using lwakhakha/kimilili / mayanja road this is not acceptable at all.The commissioner is sleeping on his job. The truck drivers should be forced to go back to Uganda and use the correct route of kanduyi malaba my people are conterplating torching them,I have run out of energy and tactics to beseech them not todo so,” he tweeted.

On Tuesday,  Ugandan Ministry of Health confirmed three more positive Coronavirus cases from among Kenyan truck drivers.

This came after six other tested positive last week an repatriated back to the country for medical care.

The drivers had registered a complaint that they were being subjected to mandatory tests at the Malaba border point and being detained in Uganda for long periods of time.

The total number of Kenyan drivers who turned positive in Uganda is now at 17.

Up to date, a total of 37 truck drivers have tested positive, with 14 from Tanzania, four from Uganda, one from Burundi and the other one from Rwanda.

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The Ugandan Ministry of Health on Tuesday confirmed three more positive Coronavirus cases from among Kenyan truck drivers.

The three were found to have the infection after being tested in Uganda, bringing the country’s total number of cases to 97.

This comes after six other tested positive last week an repatriated back to the country for medical care.

The drivers had registered a complaint that they were being subjected to mandatory tests at the Malaba border point and being detained in Uganda for long periods of time.

This brings the total number of Kenyan drivers who turned positive in Uganda to 17.

Up to date, a total of 37 truck drivers have tested positive, with 14 from Tanzania, four from Uganda, one from Burundi and the other one from Rwanda.

While responding to the concern, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe on Tuesday asked the truckers to ensure they are tested in Mombasa and given a certificate to present at Malaba to avoid inconveniences.

“That is the agreement we have with the Ugandan and Rwandan governments on this. If you are ferrying goods from Mombasa to Uganda then you must be tested in Mombasa so that you are certified to travel. If you avoid being tested in Mombasa then you will definitely be delayed at the border because they will have to test you on the Ugandan side,” he clarified.

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