The Uganda Revenue Authority-URA has issued a circular on Wednesday banning all trucks with immediate effect from parking outside bonded warehouses or container depots to slow the spread of COVID-19.

This follows concerns that the rise in COVID-19 cases reported in Uganda is attributed to mainly truck drivers hence posing a threat to the country.

Now URA through the government wants to put a stop to reckless parking from truckdrivers anyhow or wherever they want.

URA has also prohibited camping at roads along container Depots and warehouses.

According to URA trucks carrying cargo shall only be permitted to park inside boarded warehouses or internal container depots.

This they say is to limit interaction between the truck drivers and the public with more concern on horny thigh vendors.

A bonded warehouse or bond is a building or other secured area in which dutiable goods may be stored and come out after paying owed taxes. When imported, most goods are first taken there.

Also, trucks destined for Kampala that arrive from 4 pm, will be expected to park at gazetted stops like Namboole stadium or at Mukono RVR Kyetume.

This also applies to trucks stopping in Uganda and not just those on transit to the neighboring states.

URA states that before these trucks exit Namboole or Mukono RVR Kyetume they must present evidence indicating that their next destination has a warehouse with ample space to accommodate them.

On Tuesday, EAC heads of state in a video conferencing directed that truckers must undergo COVID-19 tests in their country of origin, be issued a certificate before departures to another country.

Meanwhile, another 4 truck drivers have tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday evening bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 126.

Two of these are Ugandans with 1 Kenyan and Tanzanian nationals.

The Kenyan and Ugandans are believed to have entered the country through Elegu point while the Tanzanian case was tested at Matukula.

The four cases were part of 1,478 samples of truck drivers that were tested by the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
All 233 community samples tested negative.