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Security teams from Kenya and Uganda have agreed to jointly fight poaching and cross border illegal business commonly termed as ‘magendo’ along the border at Lwakhakha.
The porous border has been used by criminals from either side but officers from the two countries have now identified 21 undesignated routes used by poachers to hunt elephants in Mt Elgon forest. During a meeting at Lwakhakha border point, poaching and illegal business was top of the agenda for the security team. Bungoma County Commissioner Maalim Mohammed and Magomu Mubaraka Resident District Commissioner Manafwa District in Uganda said they will work together to deal with poaching, which is an international menace.
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