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Table 46: Traffic flows on sections of the Northern Corridor
Passenger
Cars
Trucks Minibuses Buses
Mombasa-Nairobi 1,995 1,187 54 78
Nairobi-Eldoret 1,897 943 75 95
Eldoret-Kampala 1,639 781 70 92
Kampala-Mbarara 1,883 596 150 60
Mbarara-Kigali 1,498 415 149 54
Kigali-Bujumbura 396 193 171 10
Source: Fimotions (2017), data source: NTTCA and various studies.
Note: Flows are average daily traffic volumes, two directions
The transit traffic is made up of imports for more than 90%. Uganda is by far the first
destination, accounting for more than three quarters of the total transit traffic. The other
countries (Tanzania, Rwanda, Sudan, and DR Congo) lag far behind, with shares ranging
between 5 and 6%.
Trade Related Traffic
An estimate has been made of the daily volumes of road freight due to intra-regional trade and
trade also with the rest of the world. The method used was the same as for the TAH1 as
follows:
 Converting the value of goods to volume of goods assuming the average value of all
traded goods was just under $ 2,000 per ton;
 Applying an average load of 30 tons for international trucking in Africa;
 Empty running percentage of 85% based on very high ratio of imports to exports
which is typical of Africa trade;
 Railway taking just 10% of the traffic – also typical of rail share of freight traffic.
The results of this analysis is given in It shows that Uganda - Kenya two-way traffic
would be about 79 trucks per day, add to this Uganda/World traffic of 121 trucks per day
making a total 190 trucks per day in both directions.
Table 47: Origin and destination of daily transit traffic on the Northern Corridor
Uganda Rwanda Burundi Kenya DRC S.
Sudan
N.
Tanzania
World
Uganda - 19 4 34 12 21 5 79
Rwanda 1 - 1 7 15 0 0 20
Burundi 0 0 - 1 2 - 0 3
Kenya 45 12 3 - 19 18 19 95
DRC 0 1 3 0 - - 0 4
S. Sudan 0 0 - 1 - - - 1
N. Tanzania 5 3 4 64 16 0 - 75
World 42 29 11 89 53 33 20 -
Source: Fimotions (2017).