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Reported by
\n<\/strong>Faridah N Kulumba<\/strong><\/p>\n

Africa-Press<\/a>–kenya<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0; Ugandans are stranded in Kenya, after Kenyan President Uhuru Kinyata’s decision to halt movement of interstate buses across the border following a surge in Covid-19.\u00a0This followed President Uhuru ordering the cessation of all movement into and out of the counties of Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Kambu and Nakuru effective Saturday March 27 2021.\u00a0Uhuru announced tough new measures to curb Covid-19, saying that he took this decision after the numbers escalated tremendously especially in the 5 counties from January this year.<\/p>\n

How the ban has affected travellers<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The move has left many travellers stranded on either side of the two countries, with several businesses at the Busia border point now paralysed.\u00a0A bus operator with Simba telecom Jafari Owour told the Daily Monitor that they are stuck with many passengers, majority\u00a0of whom were travelling from Kampala to Nairobi.<\/p>\n

“Most of our passengers do advance booking and by the time the travel ban was issued, many had already paid for their tickets,” said Mr Owour.\u00a0Mr Owour added that they were forced to make refunds\u00a0to 50 travellers, and some are waiting to get their money, majority of whom were travelling to Nairobi, Mombasa\u00a0and Nakuru.<\/p>\n

Nema Nakidde Ugandan\u00a0 married to a Kenyan told\u00a0 African Press that she came back to Uganda on Tuesday 23 to attend her mother’s funeral. And that she was supposed to go back to Nairobi on Monday\u00a0 because she left her one year daughter\u00a0 with her husband.<\/p>\n

“I am so confused because my daughter is still a baby, she needs me and my husband\u00a0 only asked for a week off at his work to take care of our baby,” said Nakidde.\u00a0Many travelers are wondering why Kenya ordered a ban on public transport in the five counties and yet people who travel by air are traveling\u00a0freely.<\/p>\n

The effect of the ban on businesses<\/strong><\/h4>\n

YallAfrica reported that a clearing agent at Busia border revealed that since the ban was imposed, no bus from Kampala or Nairobi had arrived at the border, something he said has started taking a toll on local businesses.\u00a0Moneychangers at Busia and Malaba borders are also saying that their businesses have been affected so much due to the fact that very few travellers are arriving at the border. And many other\u00a0\u00a0businesses in Busia town are affected because some of their customers are from Nairobi.<\/p>\n

Covid-19 situation in Kenya<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Kenya’s authorities are worried\u00a0 by the rise in new Covi-19 infections. Health experts reported a jump in confirmed cases of Covid-19 with hospitals struggling to find enough beds for the patients needing treatment.<\/p>\n

The spike in Covid-19 has left several people in need of intensive care, especially oxygen support. Kenya has recorded more than 14,000 Covid-19 positive cases since March 1st, including more than 1,100 cases and 25 deaths on Tuesday last week.\u00a0The country recently began vaccinating the population, after receiving 1.1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses, but only 40,000 people have received the jabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reported by Faridah N Kulumba Africa-Press–kenya\u00a0; Ugandans are stranded in Kenya, after Kenyan President Uhuru Kinyata’s decision to halt movement of interstate buses across the border following a surge in Covid-19.\u00a0This followed President Uhuru ordering the cessation of all movement into and out of the counties of Nairobi, Kajiado, Machakos, Kambu and Nakuru effective Saturday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":25332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,16],"tags":[7003,2629,1539,3916],"class_list":["post-25331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-files","category-twitter","tag-africa-press-kenya","tag-coonavirus-kenya","tag-covid-19","tag-kenya-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nUgandans are stuck after Kenya\u2019s inter-countries travel ban bite - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kenya's authorities are worried\u00a0 by the rise in new Covi-19 infections. 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