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Illegal routes sealed off as KDF digs trenches on Ethiopian border

One-stop border point between Kenya and Ethiopia situated in Moyale. [Maxwell Agwanda, Standard]

The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) have dug a trench and filled it with a razor wire at the main border with Ethiopia in Moyale in an effort to tame smuggling in the area.

The areas the army are digging trenches are the ones used by smugglers to bring in foreigners, contraband goods and drugs, officials said.

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