Kenya-Somalia border to be re-opened in phases
Published on: May 15, 2023 01:22 (EAT)
Interior CS Kithure Kindiki (left) and Defence counterpart Aden Duale (right) hosting a delegation from Federal Government of Somalia on Monday, May 15.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has said the Mandera-Bulahawa border point will be opened in the next 30 days.
The second border point, which is the Liboi-Harahar-Dobley on the Somalia side will be opened 60 days from now.
Kindiki added that the Kiunga-Ras Kamboni border point in Lamu will be opened in at least 90 days from today.
He added that the government is exploring the possibility of adding a fourth border point into Somalia from the Kenyan side in Wajir County.
He was speaking after a meeting with his Somalia counterpart Mohamed Ahmed Sheikh Ali, Defence Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur and Foreign Affairs Minister Abshir Omar Jama.
The high-level ministerial meeting on cross-border cooperation between Kenya and the federal government of Somalia. was also attended by Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and other senior government officials.
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