The Port of Mombasa is linked to the world's major ports with over 200 sailings per week to ports in Europe, North and South America, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, and the rest of Africa. Freight haulage through Mombasa was over 7.9 million tonnes in 1993. Roads Kenya has an extensive road network connecting most parts of the country. All major commercial centres are connected by paved roads. This transportation mode handles about 70 per cent of freight traffic in Kenya.
Freight rates are reasonable and negotiable.
Kenya and neighbouring countries - Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda, Sudan, and Zaire have established the Northern Corridor Transport Agreement which facilitates transportation of goods to and from the port of Mombasa. Kenya recently enacted the Road Maintenance Levy Fund Act,aimed at raising additional funds for use in road maintenance, rehabilitation and expansion. Railways Kenya is served by a single track railway system running from Mombasa through Nairobi to Uganda with branches to Nanyuki, Kitale and Kisumu. Another branch connects Kenya to Tanzania through Taveta. Kenya Railways has, in its endeavour to improve and revamp its services, leased ten locomotives from South African Railways.