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How illicit trade in guns, sugar thrives along porous border

Some smugglers use donkeys to transport goods from Somalia’s border town Bulla-Xawa to Mandera.
Some smugglers use donkeys to transport goods from Somalia’s border town Bulla-Xawa to Mandera.

By ADOW JUBAT

Even as the move by Government to close of refugee camps in northern Kenya generates heated debate, reports about smuggling of goods in the region only add fuel to already burning fire.

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