Truck Drivers, Trade Deals, and Denials: Sorting Fact from Fiction in Nebraska
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“Werner Enterprises wishes to clarify that we are not involved in any agreements of discussions regarding the recruitment of Kenyan truck drivers to the United States. Any claims suggesting otherwise are just false.” - Werner Enterprises on X, September 9, 2025
In early September, rumors started to swirl that Werner Enterprises, a $3 Billion transportation and logistics company based in Omaha, Nebraska, was bringing people from Kenya to drive for them in the United States.
The rumors aren’t completely based on speculation. Delegations from Kenya and the Nebraska Secretary of State’s office have been going back and forth for over a year.
Werner and their CEO have publicly denied the rumors, and the Governor of Nebraska has clarified the limitations of the Secretary of State’s office, but only digging into the details can separate fact from fiction.
In this episode of the Art of Supply podcast, Kelly Barner pulls together the facts as she found them:
- Reviewing the timeline - a critical piece of this story
- Pictures that seem to have been worth more than a thousand words
- Who said what when, including representatives of the Federal government
- The lessons we can all learn from what happened
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