{"id":8908,"date":"2020-06-02T17:53:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=8908"},"modified":"2020-06-02T17:53:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T17:53:56","slug":"coronavirus-induced-border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-east-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/economy\/coronavirus-induced-border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-east-africa","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus-induced border bottlenecks slow food deliveries in East Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"standard-content \">\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001373594\/border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-eac\"><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Bottlenecks at borders as government screen lorry drivers to contain coronavirus are putting the delivery of vital food supplies in East Africa at risk, the UN\u2019s World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-article-page-desktop my-2\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1464965995785-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CLz229TY4-kCFUU74AodkDIOag\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/24409412\/business_article_top_advert_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe could have problems feeding our beneficiaries &#8230; if the situation doesn\u2019t improve,\u201d Julie MacDonald, WFP\u2019s deputy director in Uganda said. She said they only had enough food left for June.<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001373594\/border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-eac\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001373594\/border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-eac\">The agency is shipping in 2,000 tonnes of beans and cooking oil to feed some of Uganda\u2019s 1.4 million refugees. Some of it is stuck at Kenya\u2019s Mombasa port and some is stuck at the Ugandan border, she said.<\/div>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001373594\/border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-eac\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001373594\/border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-eac\">The line of lorries at the border town of Malaba between Kenya and Uganda stretched 60km this week, said Mercy Ireri, an official from the Kenya Transport Association. Mombasa port and Tanzania\u2019s Dar es Salaam are the main gateway to the Indian Ocean for several landlocked nations.<\/div>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001373594\/border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-eac\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001373594\/border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-eac\">\nUganda requires truck drivers from neighbouring Kenya and Tanzania to take coronavirus tests before they are allowed to enter. Tests are also being carried out on the Tanzania-Kenya border.But delays in returning results has forced truckers to wait for up seven days, said Jackson Katende, spokesman of the Ugandan cargo transport industry body.<\/div>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001373594\/border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-eac\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001373594\/border-bottlenecks-slow-food-deliveries-in-eac\">\u201cBusiness is at a standstill,\u201d he said. Paralysis at the Uganda-Kenya border, he said, had more than doubled the time for goods to move from Mombasa to Kampala.Uganda started imposing restrictions on truckers late April after incoming drivers increasingly tested positive for the disease.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Bottlenecks at borders as government screen lorry drivers to contain coronavirus are putting the delivery of vital food supplies in East Africa at risk, the UN\u2019s World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday. \u201cWe could have problems feeding our beneficiaries &#8230; if the situation doesn\u2019t improve,\u201d Julie MacDonald, WFP\u2019s deputy director in Uganda said. 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