Suam, Kenya is a settlement in the
Trans-Nzoia County
Trans-Nzoia County is a county in the former Rift Valley Province, Kenya, located between the Nzoia River and Mount Elgon, 380 km northwest of Nairobi. At its centre is the town of Kitale which is the capital and largest town. The count ...
of
Kenya
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. It sits across the
Suam River
The Turkwel River (sometimes spelled Turkwell River) is a river flowing from Mount Elgon on the border of Kenya and Uganda to Lake Turkana. The river is called the Suam River from its source to the border at West Pokot County of Kenya. The name Tu ...
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Suam, Uganda
Suam, Uganda is a border crossing between Uganda and Kenya. The settlement sits directly across the Suam River from Suam, Kenya.
Location
Suam is located in Bukwo District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda, approximately , by road, southeast of ...
, at the international border between the two countries.
Location
The settlement lies , by road, northwest of
Kitale
Kitale is an agricultural town in northern Rift Valley Kenya situated between Mount Elgon and the Cherangany Hills at an elevation of around . Its population is 106,187 as of 2009. Kitale is the headquarter town of Trans-Nzoia County. Kitale is r ...
, where the county headquarters are located. Suam is located approximately , by road, northwest of
Eldoret
Eldoret is a principal town in the Rift Valley region of Kenya and serves as the capital of Uasin Gishu County. The town was referred to by white settlers as Farm 64, 64 and colloquially by locals as 'Sisibo'. As per the 2019 Kenya Population ...
, the nearest large city. This location lies approximately , by road, northwest 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 of Kenya and the largest city in that country. The coordinates of Suam, Kenya are:1°12'57.0"N, 34°44'03.0"E (Latitude:1.215825; Longitude:34.734172).
Overview
In 2013, the Trans-Nzoia County government received a parcel of land at the Kenya-Uganda border, from the Kenya Forest Service, for the purpose of building the town of Suam, Kenya, across the Suam River from the already established town of Suam, Uganda.
In 2014, the governments of Kenya and Uganda began joint efforts to source funds from the
African Development Bank
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) or (BAD) is a multilateral development finance institution headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, since September 2014. The AfDB is a financial provider to African governments and private companies i ...
for the purpose of tarmacking to grade II bitumen surface, the
Kapchorwa–Suam Road
The Kapchorwa–Suam Road, is a rural road in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The road links Kapchorwa, the district capital of Kapchorwa District to Suam, at the international border with Kenya.
Location
The highway will start at Kapchorwa and ...
in Uganda and the
Suam–Endebess–Kitale–Eldoret Road
The Suam–Endebess–Kitale–Eldoret Road, is a rural road in Kenya. The road links Suam, in Trans-Nzoia County, to the towns of Endebess, Kitale, and Eldoret in Uasin Gishu County.
Location
The road starts at Suam, at the international bord ...
on the Kenya side. It is expected that the road improvement will spur trade between the two countries. In August 2017,
The EastAfrican
''The EastAfrican'' is a weekly newspaper published in Kenya by the Nation Media Group, which also publishes Kenya's national '' Daily Nation''. The ''EastAfrican'' is circulated in Kenya and the other countries of the African Great Lakes
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reported that Kenya and Uganda were jointly developing a one-stop-border-crossing (OSBC) at Suam, similar to the crossings at Busia and Malaba.
See also
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Mount Elgon National Park
Mount Elgon National Park is a national park northeast of Lake Victoria. The park covers an area of and is bisected by the border of Kenya and Uganda. The Ugandan part of the park covers while the Kenyan part covers . The Kenyan part of the p ...
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Mount Elgon
Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale. The mountain's highest point, named "Wagagai", is located entirely within Uganda.
References
External links
Multinational: Uganda/Kenya: Kapchorwa-Suam-Endebess-Kitale-Eldoret Bypass Roads Project = Environmental And Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Summary
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Populated places in Trans-Nzoia County
Kenya–Uganda border crossings