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 Road freight charges in each country
 Ship turnaround time
 Ship waiting time (hours)
 Road conditions in each country
 Weighbridge traffic weight compliance at the weighbridge
 Dwell time at Mombasa port
 Time for customs clearance at the Document Processing Centre (DPC)
 Time taken at Mombasa One Stop Centre (OSC)
 Transit time in each country
 Trade between Member States
 GPS tracking data
 Stoppages for cargo along the Northern Corridor
The increasing use of GPS tracking for monitoring should be of note.
Monitoring information is summarized as follows:
 The value of goods traded by members of the corridor group is about $27 Billion of
$4.3 Billion is intra-regional or 18%.
 The volume of goods traded maybe 20 Million Tons most of which uses the transport
corridor.
 These goods mostly use road, rail accounts for about 5%, pipeline is used for oil
products. There is also inland water on Lake Victoria and, vitally, the gateway Port of
Mombasa.
 Road traffic on sections of the corridor range from 3,300 per day between Nairobi and
Mombasa to 800 per day between Kigaili and Bujambura. Trucks represent 30% of the
traffic. Of this 25% is trade related. Uganda Kenya trade represents about 25% of
intra-regional trade and that the Marimbula is busiest border crossing.
 Trade has been facilitated through the corridor by one-stop border posts that have
reduced waiting time form 3 days to between 3 to 9 hours. But transit is hampered by
20 stops at BPs weighbridges and the Police as well as for welfare. None-the less,
transit times between Kampala and Mombasa have reduced from 6 to 3 days.
 All of the above improvements have resulted in road freight costs reducing from $3.0
per ton in 2010 to $2.0 per ton in 2016.
 The NCTTCA is successful and well supported politically.
4.6.10. Conclusion
 The Northern Corridor is viewed as generally being successful in bringing together
countries around the common cause of economic and social development. The corridor
has proven to be a catalyst to promoting integration and harmonization.
 Monitoring information is professionally and comprehensively carried out, supported
by vehicle tracking using GPS. The need for such information is essential for informing
policy makers and investors.