[Source: Business Daily, by Allan Olingo]
East African countries have moved to ease movement of goods at the border with the roll out of a system that will allow them to share Covid-19 test results of truck drivers electronically.
The reliance of hard to verify manual certificates has been blamed for costly long delays at the crossing points that sometimes last for weeks.
The EAC regional Electronic Cargo and Driver Tracking system, however, will enable authorities to share test results of the drivers and crew facilitating easy information exchange along the transport corridor.
This means, no transit cargo will leave the port…
