400 truckers allowed to travel without tests

Truck drivers pack their motor vehicles in Mai Mahiu city as they wait to be analyzed right before amassing cargo from the nearby depot. [Antony Gitonga, Normal]

At minimum 400 truck drivers who ended up stranded at the Mai Mahiu dry port for the past one week more than delay in Covid-19 screening have been allowed to commence with their journey.

Lack of screening kits and reagents had triggered a clog up at the recently opened Inland Container Depot, producing worry between area leaders and residents that the spot may possibly shortly develop into a coronavirus epicentre.Yesterday, authorities officials said the drivers would be analyzed together the country’s border details right before offering their cargoes to the respective locations in the neighbouring international locations.In accordance to Naivasha sub-County Commissioner Mathioya Mbogo, the stranded drivers had been allowed to collect their cargo so as to tackle the latest challenge.

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Talking in his business office, Mathioya admitted that the continued stay of the drivers in the city posed a major possibility to spot residents.“Most of the favourable situations claimed in Naivasha have come from the drivers in Mai Mahiu and their continued stay in the spot puts the lives of residents in fantastic threat,” he said.To tackle the significant amount of folks looking for to be analyzed around the ICD, Mathioya said drivers would forthwith have to get certificates from their level of origin.“The situation of screening kits has been a major challenge for this screening centre and drivers looking for to collect cargo from the ICD will have to get certificates from their level of origin,” he said.The shift follows the intervention of Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui, who sought the president’s help to crystal clear the backlog.

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In accordance to Nakuru County Govt Committee Member in cost of Wellbeing Kariuki Gichuki, the drivers collectively with motorcycle operators and professional sexual intercourse workers posed a major menace to the battle in opposition to the distribute of the disease.Gichuki said the county had done its element in allocating team to the cellular screening laboratory, introducing that it was the responsibility of the Nationwide Government to give the screening kits.