Malaba, Kenya
title: "Malaba, Kenya" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-busia-county", "kenya–uganda-border-crossings", "divided-cities"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaba,_Kenya" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| population_total | 12303 |
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Malaba, Kenya is a town in Teso North Sub-County, Busia County, on Kenya's western border with Uganda. It sits across the Malaba River, which forms the international border from Malaba, Uganda.{{cite web | url=http://www.kenya-information-guide.com/busia-county.html |
title=Overview of Busia County: Major Towns - Malaba, Kenya | date=6 November 2016 | accessdate=6 November 2016 | publisher=Kenya Information Guide (KIG) | last=KIG | location=Nairobi}}
Location
The town is located on the main Nairobi-Kampala highway, approximately 129 km, by road, west of Eldoret, the nearest large city.{{cite web| accessdate=6 November 2016 | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Kenya_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Malaba%2C%20Busia%20County%2C%20Kenya&toplace=Eldoret%2C%20Uasin%20Gishu%20County%2C%20Kenya%2C&dt1=ChIJVTNnejxufxcRmGmG-z-tqBQ&dt2=ChIJNfX5N64BgRcRIAj88H0z2-I | date=6 November 2016 | title= Distance between Malaba, Busia County, Kenya and Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya |publisher=Globefeed.com |author=Globefeed.com}} This is about 438 km northwest of Nairobi, the capital and largest city in Kenya.{{cite web|last=Globefeed.com | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Kenya_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Malaba%2C%20Busia%20County%2C%20Kenya&toplace=Nairobi%2C%20Nairobi%20County%2C%20Kenya%2C&dt1=ChIJVTNnejxufxcRmGmG-z-tqBQ&dt2=ChIJp0lN2HIRLxgRTJKXslQCz_c | title=Distance between Malaba, Busia County, Kenya and Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya |date=6 November 2016 | accessdate=6 November 2016 |publisher=Globefeed.com}} The coordinates of Malaba, Kenya are: 0°38'07.0"N, 34°16'31.0"E (Latitude:0.635278; Longitude:34.275278).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B038'07.0%22N+34%C2%B016'31.0%22E/@0.6352778,34.2577682,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.635267!4d34.275267 | title=Location of Malaba, Busia County, Kenya | accessdate=6 November 2016}} The town sits at an altitude of 3871 ft, above sea level.
Overview
The town sits on the main Bujumbura-Mombasa Road, also known as the Northern Corridor, which connects the capitals of four East African Community countries of Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and Kenya to the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa.
A metre gauge railway, operated by Rift Valley Railways crosses the border in this town. The standard gauge railway from Mombasa is expected to pass through this town.{{cite web| url=http://www.railway-technology.com/news/news85653.html?WT.mc_id=DN_News | title=Kenya Invites Fresh Bids for Second Rail Line | date=20 May 2010 | accessdate=6 November 2016 | publisher=Railway-technology.com (RTC) | author=RTC}}
Malaba and Busia, both border towns between Uganda and Kenya, are used by thousands of truck drivers every day. Many of these drivers spend from a few hours to several days at the border while the trucks are loaded with new goods or while customs processes are cleared. This down time is often spent in the company of commercial sex workers.{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Many-women-in-border-towns-live-on-prostitution/691232-2083728-item-00-38bsvpz/index.html | title=Many women in border towns live on prostitution | date=22 November 2013 | accessdate=6 November 2016 | first=Mikkel | last=Danielsen | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala}}
Population
Since 1999 to 2023 national population census and household enumerated the population of the town at 7,302 to 12,303.
Border crossing
In 2016, the construction of a one-stop-border-crossing between Malaba, Kenya and Malaba, Uganda was concluded.
References
References
- TNCTTCA. (6 November 2016). "The Northern Corridor: Background". The Northern Corridor Transit and Transport Co-ordination Authority (TNCTTCA).
- Placebeam. (6 November 2016). "Profile of Malaba, Kenya}}{{dead link". Placebeam.com.
- Ochieng, Lilian. (28 April 2016). "Malaba, Busia one-stop border posts works set to end by July". [[Business Daily Africa]].
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