The Mombasa-Kampala route is the most frequently used in East Africa, accounting for 734 trips according to a new survey by TradeMark East Africa. Presenting a paper on regional trade and transport study during the sixth high level economic growth forum, Impact and Results Director at TradeMark East Africa, Ms Catherine Nanzigu said the study aimed at analysing traffic flow for commodities along the major trade corridors by different modes of travel in Eastern Africa.

“The data should enable TMEA to better forecast changes in the volume of trade goods,” she said.

Explaining to the participants the purpose of the Origin Destination study,  Ms Nanzigu said the aim  was to sample from the full freight traffic collected under the traffic census to paint an accurate picture of freight flows.

Note: The full text of the Daily Monitor article on the results of the Origin Destination study can be accessed here while the report can be accessed here.