Kenya to tear down 700 Km security wall along Somali border

The Ministry of Defense, according to Duale, will install the necessary cutting-edge facilities. He added that they are anticipating Somalia's participation as well.

News Keydmedia Online
21 November 2022

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's 700-kilometer wall built during the presidency of the previous president Uhuru Kenyatta to keep Al-Shabaab at bay could be dismantled. Defense Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, who serves under President William Ruto, allegedly promised to destroy it.

The wall has been deemed antiquated and useless by Aden Duale. On Sunday, the Defense CS gave an exclusive interview to the Sunday Nation's Weekly Review, in which he discussed his plans to upgrade the border security between Kenya and Somalia with a brand new, cutting-edge system.

Obviously an old system or application. Together with the Federal Government of Somalia and other development partners, we are improving and modernizing our approach to border security in order to open safe crossing points at Kiunga, Liboi, and Mandera." According to CS Aden Duale.

The Ministry of Defense, according to Duale, will install the necessary cutting-edge facilities. He added that they are anticipating Somalia's participation as well.

According to Duale, the new program will involve other government agencies, not only the Department of Defense.