Tag Archives: Truck drivers

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from Acholi want the government to put Elegu town council in Amuru district under quarantine for 21 days. According to the MPs, following the emergence of several cases of truck drivers testing positive at the Elegu border post between Uganda and …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  In my 31 years as a driver, I have never seen anything like this…” This was John Lubowa’s first remark as he sat down to narrate the truck drivers’ current ordeal as they transport goods across the East African region during the coronavirus crisis.   Lubowa …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Another 28 Ugandan nationals have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 282. The positive cases were from 2,004 samples that were tested at the Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI and the Central Public Health Laboratory- CPHL. Twenty-one of the confirmed …

Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers in Kayunga district are scared of delivering agricultural produce to the designated collection centres after reports that three COVID-19 positive truck drivers were picked from the area. Kayunga district taskforce designated four produce collection centres in different sub-counties to ease trade because of …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police has warned managers and owners of designated parking premises for long distance trucks against overcharging drivers. Speaking at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala in the weekly Joint Security Taskforce briefing, Fred Enanga, the Police Spokesperson said they have received a number of …

Lira, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has cautioned that the lifting of lockdown restrictions should not be a reason for excitement in Uganda today. Instead, the public should be worried about the possible increase in COVID-19 infections.   The warning comes barely a week …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |   Twenty-three  new cases of Coronavirus disease have been recorded in the country, bringing Uganda’s count to 198 nationals. These were part of 1,187 samples tested On Saturday from the border points and the Uganda Virus Research Institute. 19 of the reported 23 cases …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fuel transporters have asked the government to find them separate space to park their trucks from the general cargo due to safety reasons. In a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus, with truck drivers coming in contact with the community, government-designated stopovers for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has said that Uganda does not have the capacity to continue admitting and treating foreign truck drivers who test positive for COVID-19. Uganda has returned more than 145 truck drivers who tested positive to their countries, an …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 500 trucks are currently stuck at different points of entry within the East African Community because countries within the bloc do not trust COVID-19 test results from the others. Countries within the East African Community bloc began testing drivers who enter and …