MANDERA (Halbeeg News) – Kenyan government has announced plans to reopen its border with Somalia in a bid to boost its trade with the horn of Africa nation.
Mandera County Police Commander Johanna Tonui said the stakeholders and security officials have been lining up a series of meetings in a bid to strike a business deal with Somalia.
The Customs Border Control Point at Mandera was closed in 2012 after Kenya raised security concerns.
“We have enough security from different agencies whose role is to defend our borders and take care of the interest of our country,” he said.
Businesses in Mandera town and Elwak used to rely on the port of Kismayu in Somalia before the border was closed. They did this due to the distance from Mandera to Mogadishu which is 600 kilometres as compared to 1,200 to Nairobi.
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