Kenya begins to construct wall along her border with Somalia over terror attacks

Ibraahim ayaa sheegay in wasaaradda beeraha ay ka caawinayso sidii loo gacan siin lahaa beeraleyda degmada Afgooye, islamarkaana beeraha aanu gaarin biyaha wabiga Shabelle loogu tala galay in Matoorada biyo looga soo jiido ceelal biyood.
Ugu dambeyn ayuu sheegay gudoomiyaha in sanadkaan wax badan uu iska bedali doono wax soo saarka beeraleyda Shabellaha Hoose, islamarkaana wax badan lasoo saari doono.
Kenya will this week start constructing a wall to separate it from Somalia as part of efforts to contain terror attacks.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery said the construction will start this week. “Mandera and Bulahawa are almost merged and you cannot tell which is which. Now we want to put a wall at border point one and close the border. That will reduce the porous border entries into our country. We will be starting the construction of the border next week,” said Nkaissery. Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow welcomed the move but argued it is not a long-term solution to the problem in the area. “He is admitting there are terrorists operating there and not bandits as he has been claiming. We hope it will help in containing the problem,” said Kerrow. He added it would be difficult and expensive to construct and man the more than 200 kilometer long wall at the border
The Senator challenged Nkaissery to come up with long lasting solutions that can help in containing continued attacks.
Other officials said the government had transported construction materials to the targeted areas and construction will start anytime. The region has suffered several attacks attributed to the Somalia based militia Al Shabaab. Mandera and Bulahawa are about two kilometers apart and officials believe it is the only area that has remained under attack whereas others are relatively calm and secure.
Governor Ali Roba said up to 90 people had died in the area in the past seven months out of terror related attacks. Roba said County Commissioner Alex ole Nkoyo is feeding Nkaissery with wrong information about terror attacks and demanded for his sacking
Source: Standardmedia.co.ke