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Northern Corridor (Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala-Kigali/Bujumbura)

Verification
Verified
Length
Not published
Length of the mapped route: 1 360 km
Indicative transit time
Not published
Exit border post
Malaba OSBP
Malaba
Stops
5
Origin : Port of Mombasa
Map of the Lomé, Kigali corridor 2 transit corridors shown with their ports, border posts and towns on the route.

2 transit corridors shown with their ports, border posts and towns on the route.

  • Northern Corridor (Mombasa-Nairobi-Kampala-Kigali/Bujumbura) , destination Kigali.
  • Central Corridor (Dar es Salaam-Dodoma-Kigali/Bujumbura/Kampala) , destination Kigali.
  • Port of Mombasa (Port)
  • Nairobi (Town on the route)
  • Malaba OSBP (Kenya, Ouganda) (Border post)
  • Kampala (Town on the route)
  • Kigali (Town on the route)
  • Port of Dar es Salaam (Port)
  • Dodoma (Town on the route)
  • Rusumo OSBP (Tanzanie, Rwanda) (Border post)

The Northern Corridor is the principal East African transit corridor. It links the Port of Mombasa in Kenya to Nairobi, then crosses Uganda via Malaba or Busia to Kampala, before extending to Rwanda (Kigali), Burundi (Bujumbura) and eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is the long-established logistics backbone serving the landlocked countries of the East African hinterland, documented over time by the World Bank and the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA). The exact length and end-to-end transit times vary by segment and source and are not stated here.

Information :

Indicative times

Transit times are indicative. They come from published studies (World Bank, corridor observatories) and vary with the goods, the completeness of the file, the season and the situation at the borders.
Sources 2
  1. 01

    Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority, official website (new tab), NCTTCA

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  2. 02

    Kenya Ports Authority, official website (new tab), KPA

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Route

5 stops

  1. Port of Mombasa

    Port

  2. Nairobi

  3. Malaba OSBP (Kenya, Ouganda)

    Border post

  4. Kampala

  5. Kigali

    Destination

Other corridors

Transit procedures

The steps to move goods under customs control across Togo.

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  • Transit goods via the Northern Corridor

    The Northern Corridor links the Port of Mombasa in Kenya to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DR Congo. Transit is coordinated by the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination Authority (NCTTCA) and follows the EAC customs transit regime, with electronic cargo tracking.

  • Transit goods via the Central Corridor

    The Central Corridor links the Port of Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania, to Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda. It is coordinated by the Central Corridor Transit Transport Facilitation Agency (CCTTFA) and is, together with the Northern Corridor, one of the two major logistics routes serving the East African hinterland.