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Kenya-Somalia border

Poles on a section of the vandalised border wall in Mandera on May 10, 2016. 

| File | Nation Media Group

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Kenya-Somalia border ‘wall’ stripped bare by vandals

By  Manase Otsialo

Correspondent

What you need to know:

  • Decision to build the wall was reached after Al-Shabaab militants killed 148 people at Garissa University in 2015.
  • Smuggling of goods from Somalia into the country is rampant as traders bribe security officials manning border.

In early 2015, Kenya announced plans to build a 700km wall along its border with Somalia.

The barrier was intended to keep away Al-Shabaab terrorists, who continued to cross into Kenya at will, killing and maiming innocent people.

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