Technical University of Mombasa Technical University of Mombasa Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) is a public university located in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya Tudor, along Tom Mboya avenue. It is amongst the oldest institution of higher learning in Kenya. It is one of the National Polytechnics recently elevated to a fully fledged University in Kenya. It was awarded its charter in 2013 by-then president Mwai Kibaki. TUM can be traced back to the late 1940s when Sir Philip Mitchell, The Aga Khan, Sultan of Zanzibar, and Secretary of State for the colonies, Sir Bernard Reilly started Mombasa Institute of Muslim Education (MIOME).
Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway transportation corridor between Tsavo East National Park and Tsavo West National Park. Because they are at ground level, collisions with wildlife occur. The viaducts and embankments elevate the SGR above ground level, allowing wildlife to pass safely underneath. Six underpasses also allow wildlife to move safely beneath the SGR. Passenger trains run between Mombasa Terminus in Miritini and Nairobi Terminus in Syokimau, which is near the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Freight services are provided between Port Reitz, which is just west of Mombasa Island, and the inland container depot in the Embakasi division of Nairobi. There are nine passenger stations