The Isiolo–Moyale Road is a road section of the A2 Road in

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, connecting the towns of

Isiolo Isiolo is a town in Isiolo County, of which it is the capital. It is located in the upper eastern region of Kenya and geographically considered the centre of the country Kenya. It lies 285 kilometres north of the capital Nairobi. The town grew ar ...

Archers Post Archers Post is a settlement in Kenya's Samburu County, which is home to the Samburu people. Nearby villages include Lerata. The land belongs to the Kenyan government. There is a large military training area to the north east of Archer's Post whi ...

Marsabit Marsabit is a town in the northern Marsabit County in Kenya. It is situated in the former Eastern Province and is almost surrounded by the Marsabit National Park. The town is located east of the centre of the East African Rift at an elevation o ...

, and

Moyale Moyale is a market town on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya, and is the administrative centre for two Ethiopian Districts of Ethiopia, woredas, Moyale, Oromia (woreda), Moyale of Oromia, Oromia Region and Moyale, Somali (woreda), Moyale of ...

. The road is a component of the

Lamu Port and Lamu-Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor project, also known as Lamu corridor is a transport and infrastructure project in Kenya that, when complete, will be the country's second transport corridor. Kenya's other transport cor ...

(LAPSSET) Project. It connects Kenya to

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

, its neighbor to the north.

Location

The road starts at Isiolo,

Isiolo County Isiolo County is a county in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its population is 268,002 (2019 census) and its capital and largest city is Isiolo. Isiolo County is to be the first county to be developed as part of the Kenya Vision 2030 pr ...

, approximately , north of

Nairobi Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ha ...

, the capital and largest city of Kenya. From there, the road travels in a general northerly direction though

Merille Merille is a red French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Garonne of South West France. It is a common grape in table wine Table wine (rarely abbreviated TW) is a wine term with two different meanings: a style of wine and a q ...

, Turbi, to end at

, at the international border with Ethiopia. The total distance traveled is approximately ,

Overview

This road is an important trade corridor between Kenya and Ethiopia. It links four Kenyan counties and for the residents of these communities, it is a vital trade and transportation link to

and

Mombasa Mombasa ( ; ) is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of the British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital city status. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County. The town is ...

, the two largest cities in the country. The road is also a component of the Great North Trans African Highway, sometimes referred to as the Great North Road, that stretches from

Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest ...

, South Africa to

Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

, Egypt. This road has been identified as a priority project in the

New Partnership for Africa's Development The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is an economic development program of the African Union. NEPAD was adopted at the 37th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia. NEPAD aims to p ...

(NEPAD) short-term action plan.

Upgrade and funding

Prior to the upgrade to tarmac, the section from Merille, through Marsabit, Turbi, up to Moyale, measuring approximately , was gravel surfaced. Using money borrowed from the African Development Bank and from the Exim Bank of China, the upgrade was divided into three equidistant phases, each measuring . China Wu Yi, was the main contractor at a contract price of KSh42 billion (US$420 million). The financing for his road project, is as illustrated in the table below. ^{*Note: Totals may be slightly off due to rounding.}

References

External links

Webpage of the East African Community
{{DEFAULTSORT:Isiolo-Moyale Road Roads in Kenya East African Community Marsabit County Samburu County Meru County Isiolo County

Location

Overview

Upgrade and funding

See also

References

External links