Werner faces social media storm over Kenyan driver rumors

Werner took an unusual step on Tuesday to make a statement on X and denied it or even discussed a plan to “hire Kenya’s truck drivers to the United States.”

The statement reads: “Any claim that otherwise is only incorrect.”

Confrontation with discussions is not the usual provision of Werner Feed. The company has recently read a book to celebrate both the National Grand and Grandfather and National Day.

Nebraska’s journey last year by Kenyans

According to various social media posts about Werner and Kenya, what appears to be held with a 2024 Werner meeting held at his headquarters in Omaha was held with Kenya’s economic development authorities.

In a story since June 2024, a news service called Kenya Diaspura reported that a Kenya official, Dias, Roseline Njogu, has led a delegation in a business -related match from Omaha, Nebraska.

This article contains an image of Werner’s representatives at the meeting, which is the company’s logo on the wall. The name of the Werner representatives is not mentioned in the article, which does not include any quotes from the Werner representatives.

“There are tens of thousands of truck driving work that is open at any time,” said Bob, who was at the meeting.

The Kenyan delegation’s trip also received some local news. And while local media reported Evnen’s statements about the availability of a tight truck driver, Werner did not quote.

Go to the first days of September, and he was in the news again about Kenya.

In an article on September 4, on the website called Kenya, it was reported that Evnen attended the Conference on Agriculture, Commerce and Investment of Kenya-Nabraska, a conference in the Nairobi capital.

At that conference, Evnen signed what the website called the “turning point” between Nebraska and Kenya, and officially referred to the “mobility of the Diaspora support and MOU (MOU).” The article contains an image of Evnen that signs the contract with NJOGU.

And while Werner is not mentioned in the report, the transportation industry has been discussed.

According to this article in the Kenyans, he said that the Nebraska fleet had begun hiring Kenya drivers. The article also quoted Evnen as saying: “We have a business truck drivers who are trained to some extent in Kenya, and then they do their training in Nebraska.”

Without direct quotation from someone, the article then says, “This direct initiative responds to the lack of commercial driver pressure in the United States, especially those that act trailer tractor compounds.”

Evnen is also the official mentioned in the title of the story: “American official hails Kenya’s talents, opens the way for Kenyans to find jobs in the United States”

On a website called Kenya Insight, an article by Annabel Makoya was more explicit about the impact of the Memorandum of Understanding.

“This transaction … Among the significant shortage of truck drivers throughout the United States, business drivers are licensed.” “They confirmed the high demand of skilled drivers in his state and emphasized that the agreement provides a legal and legal path for Kenyas seeking job opportunities in the United States,” he said.

This was not that for Kenya’s first trip to Kenya. Prior to the delegation’s visit to Nebraska, which included Werner’s visit, he led a business mission to the country.

Nebraska Foreign Minister weighs

A spokesman for Evnen said in a letter to Freightwaves: “Mou” is generally stated and nothing says about truck drivers. Mou requires full compliance with all Nebraska and Federal laws, and this includes the president’s executive order on CDL requirements and US Immigration Act. “

“The main focus of the trip was more of agriculture,” the Foreign Minister said in a statement.

A statement issued by the Foreign Minister’s Office after the Commercial Mission said Kenya’s trip was the sixth visit of the trade mission to a foreign country since his 2019. This was his second trip to Kenya.

A list of companies with a business mission was not significantly included, but included Grand Island Express, a Nebraska -based refrigerator airline.

None of these reports in Kenya’s media about Nairobi’s conference last week or the presence of Moore or Onen’s understanding in the country.

Possible root of the rumor

But this is not a long way for some social media fighters to make this logic: Werner met with a Kenya delegation last year. Nebraska authorities have recently signed an agreement with Kenya on training and work opportunities, in which a leading Kernhauscard state official spoke about the training of Kenyan truck drivers. Werner is in Nebraska. Ergu, Werner seeks to hire Kenya Truck drivers, which is likely to drive his job away from Americans.

Beyond sending in X, a spokesman for Werner released the following statement to Freightwaves.

“In May 2024, at the request of the Office of the Foreign Minister of Nebraska, Werner, as part of a standard commercial mission visit, hosted a group of officials from Kenya,” he said. “Dialogue at Werner has been involved in various issues; however, no obligation has been made on a Werner financial support program or visas. The group visits and holds a discussion in various industries in Nebraska, but there is no discussion, follow -up or Werner -related meetings,” he said.

Social media criticism of the cooperation between Kenya and Nebraska on the issue of non -dedicated truck drivers is because the details of the memorandum are not widely disclosed. Many critics do not seem to know about the memorandum.

But otherwise they fall into two categories.

One is public criticism of any order that may lead the United States to the United States to work as truck drivers.