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Open border, but not at the cost of Kenyan lives

Kenya- Somali border wall.[File,Standard]

The planned reopening of the Kenya-Somalia border after years of closure due to insecurity is causing disquiet. And in light of the terror attacks on Kenya between 2014 and 2016 by Somalia-based Al-Shabaab terrorists, these fears are justified. 

If the Al-Shabaab miscreants could cross a closed and heavily guarded border with ease to cause terror and despondency, what happens when the border opens to facilitate free movement?

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