Chinese-rehabilitated highway revives trade, livelihood on Kenya-Uganda border

28.07.2026

Public transport driver John Naibei still remembers the grind of traveling from Suam on the Kenya-Uganda border to the northwestern Kenyan town of Kitale, before a Chinese firm rehabilitated the 45-km highway linking the two countries.

After around five hours on the road, a dusty Nissan loaded with four bags of...