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Use border reopening to boost security, trade
Ministry of Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki speaks during a joint press conference with his Somalia counterpart Mohamed Ahmed Sheikh Ali to address on the cross-border cooperation between the Republic of Kenya and the federal government of Somalia on May 15, 2023. PHOTO | LUCY WANJIRU | NMG
Talk of reopening the Kenya-Somalia border points has elicited excitement for a good reason.
In the more than 10 years of closure, security, which was the main reason for the barricade, has improved, but it has come at a significant cost to the regional economy.
