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be noted that South Sudan has a very serious refugee crisis due to the ongoing conflict there
that has given rise to a very large population of refugees that are mostly accommodated by
fellow partner countries in the corridor.
Table 45: Social factors in NTTC countries
Source: Fimotions (2017), retrieved from available databases.
Notes to the table:
i. Data current to 2014 /15 mostly
ii. Education – data is for enrollment, typically 30% leave by the age of 12 years
iii. HDI is a UNDP compilation of many social parameters
One of the objectives of the NTTC is to facilitate labor mobility. Tanzania having a relatively
high HDI attracted 360,000 migrants and refugees mostly from the DRC and Burundi.
Undoubtedly most would have used the corridor for transmigration. More analysis will be
carried out on this issue.
All participating countries are signatories of the UN sustainable development goals and agenda
2030 and recognized through participation and integration national socio-economic agenda
may be better achieved. As stated by (Volz, 2011) the purpose of regional integration is to
secure long term global stability through economic development and better governance, the
Northern Corridor provides the platform upon which long term social and economic
improvements may be founded.
4.6.6. Safety, security and the legal liability
The Corridor has severe road safety challenges with fatalities (individual persons) in 2013
being Burundi 275, DRC 309, Kenya 3,179, Rwanda 308, Uganda 2,937 and South Sudan 96.
Corridor participants recognized the vital importance of operational safety and agreed to a
coordinated and prioritized program of interventions compiled by the Corridor Authority that
included:
 Construction of parking spaces at Road Side Service Area
 Production of IEC materials developed on black spot maps
 Sensitize the Drivers against over speeding and reckless driving
 Conduct anti speeding campaigns
 Disseminate dangers of Drink driving and drug abuse
Country Unemployment Poverty HCR
Education
Attendance
Primary School
Enrollment
Human
Development
Index
Uganda 3.36% 17% 88% 0.493
Rwanda 13.20% 37% 97% 0.498
Burundi 6.60% 65% 61% 0.404
Kenya 40% 42% 89% 0.56
DRC 45% 35% 89% 0.44
S. Sudan 20.00% 35% 91% 0.467
N. Tanzania 10.30% 30% 22% 0.531