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EAC secures funds for feasibility study on the Northern Corridor

Long haul Trucks along Nairobi - Mombasa road transporting cargo. [David Gichuru,Standard]

The East African Community (EAC) has secured over Sh1.5 billion ($1.4 million) for a feasibility study on a key section of the Northern Transport Corridor linking Kenya and Uganda.

EAC Planning and Infrastructure Deputy Secretary General Steven Mlote told The Standard that the funding - from the African Development Bank - is for conducting a feasibility study on the 256km multinational Kisumu-Kisian-Busia/Kakira - Malaba-Busitema-Busia expressway project.

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