Kenya Resumes Construction Of Border Wall With Somalia Ahead Of Anticipated AMISOM Exit And Recent Al Shabaab Attacks

The construction of the wall had been stalled by the fact that the Somalian government accused her Kenyan counterpart of encroaching on its territory. Kenya has insistently maintained that the wall is built on the border between the two countries and as such, it is its sovereign duty to build the wall as a permanent measure to protect her citizens from the external threat posed by the al Shabaab.

The Federal Government of Somalia as well as Jubbaland administration to inspect and assess the situation triggered by riots by the residents of Beled-Hawo. The Kenya government insists that the wall will be built at the border and will go a long way to protect her people.

The resumed construction can be viewed as Kenya’s way of preparing to stabilize security in the wake of an anticipated AMISOM exit from Somalia and increased attacks by the terrorists.