[1][2] The road starts at Suam, at the international border with Uganda and proceeds in a southeasterly direction, through Endebess, to end at Kitale, a total distance of about 45 kilometres (28 mi).
[3] The work includes building a bypass around the city of Eldoret,[4] and the dualing of the road section between Kitale and Matisi.
Both people and goods move along this corridor, with Ugandans buying fuel, fertilizer, and maize seeds from Kenya and Kenyans buying bananas, sugar, electric power and rental accommodation from Uganda.
[6][7] In August 2018, William Ruto, the deputy president of Kenya, and Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, officially jointly kick-started the rehabilitation and improvement of this road, and the contiguous Kapchorwa–Suam Road.
The projected cost estimate is US$147.3 million, financed by loans from the African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Development Fund (AfDF) and counterpart funding by the Government of Kenya.