East Africa
How long cargo took on 39 Northern Corridor road routes
The Northern Corridor observatory recorded 94 hours from Mombasa to Malaba and 79 hours from Mombasa to Busia in July to September 2026. The route to Malaba was 28 kilometres shorter in the report.
Sources checked
The chart compares reported transit times from the port in July to September 2026. The full table also covers trips beginning in Uganda.
Compare trips that start at the same point
From Mombasa, the reported time was 116 hours to Kampala, 134 to Gatuna and 206 to Vurra. Distance alone cannot explain the spread. The report puts Gatuna at 1,601 kilometres from Mombasa and Vurra at 1,504 kilometres. For each route the table shows time alongside distance. Source 2
How the benchmark works
The observatory uses a benchmark of 60 hours per 1,000 kilometres. It multiplies that rate by distance and rounds to a whole hour. The reported Busia trip was 22 hours above its 57-hour target, while Malaba was 39 hours above its 55-hour target. Source 1
What delay per 100 kilometres measures
This figure spreads the gap between observed and target time over the full distance. On trips starting at Kampala, the table gives about two delay hours per 100 kilometres for Busia and Elegu and about 12 for Goli and Mpondwe. A rounded zero can still include time above target. Source 3 Source 4
Why direction and endpoints matter
The observatory reports 93 hours from Malaba to Goli, based on the monitored cargo movements between those points. The report covers movements between border posts as well as routes starting at the port or Kampala. The times describe the reporting quarter and the endpoints listed. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3 Source 4