As a result, government officials reiterated their call to have truckers from Kenya obtain a Covid-19 clearance certificate 48 hours before departure to avoid "painful" tests at the Kenya/ Ugandan border.
East African Community Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed said Kenyan truckers had complained that they were being subjected to painful tests at the Malaba border.
He said Kenya's High Commissioner to Uganda, Mr Kiema Kilonzo, was handling the issue on the Ugandan side.
But the traffic jam was caused by some few elements who came to incite other truck drivers," he said.
"We have heard this issue of truck drivers blocking the road for the past week, which has created panic among local residents, who fear that it could lead to the spread of Covid-19," he said, adding that the government's appeal to the truck drivers to remove their vehicles had failed.
