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After the formalization of the JBCs at the Kenya/Uganda Malaba border stations, members and
stakeholders of the JBCs agreed that each side of the border will hold a JBC meeting on a monthly basis,
the two JBCs to hold Cross Joint Border Committee meetings on a quarterly basis and minutes/reports to
be shared with higher authorities and the Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Coordination
Authority (NCTTCA) Secretariat.
At the Uganda/South Sudan Elegu-Nimule Border Station, it was observed that the current focus of the
Border Management Committees at either side of the border is security. The Private Sector is also not
part of these Committees. Joint Border Management Committee meetings at Elegu are held monthly
whereas the meetings at Nimule are held when the need arises. Elegu Joint Border Management
Committee meets regularly and chaired by the Border Internal Security Officer. The Committee
comprises of government agencies. On the other hand Nimule also has and holds Border Management
Meetings with membership drawn from Government agencies.
During the workshop for stakeholders from South Sudan and Uganda held at Elegu to strengthen the
functioning of Joint Border Committees it was agreed that Joint Border Management Committees at
Elegu-Nimule formally evolve into Joint Border Committees as per the guidelines approved by the
Northern Corridor Council of Ministers, the committees shall include the Private Sector and have working
groups to address issues which are particularly for exclusive concern of the agencies such as security
concerns. The two Joint Border Committees formed at either side of the border will form the Cross Joint
Border Committee and will meet on a quarterly basis. The first meeting of the constituted Cross Joint
Border Committee for Elegu/Nimule is expected to be held by the end of December 2017.
In putting the operationalisation of the JBCs at another level, the Revenue Authorities will collaborate
with NCTTCA Secretariat to come up with Key Performance indicators to be reported periodically and
also a mechanism for exchange of data needed to generate the performance indicators.
Source:
5.2.9 Assessment of transport governance level
The seven corridor governance domains of the Northern Corridor, as presented in this section, are
ranked against the four defined corridor governance levels (information exchange; coordination;
cooperation; integration), as introduced in The Northern Corridor governance levels are
presented below.
Table 5.2 Northern Corridor governance levels
Governance domains Information Coordination Cooperation Integration
Corridor objectives and political
support

Legal framework 
Institutional framework 
Infrastructure: financing, planning and
programming

Corridor performance monitoring and
dissemination

Corridor promotion and stakeholder
consultation

Capacity building: technical assistance
and studies

Source: consortium.