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Porous Moyale border poses threat to Kenya, Ethiopia donkey populations

Vets tend to donkeys in Moyale, North Eastern Kenya. [Courtesy]

Braying donkeys and jerrycans clapping against each other in the wee hours of each morning, are familiar sounds that welcome one to Moyale, Marsabit County.

Out of curiosity, I follow the sounds, only to realize that the domestic animals and their minders are headed to a nearby water point at Heilu, in Manyatta ward.

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