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Kenya/Ethiopia: Security matters at border

By on April 27, 2010
Security has been beefed up on the Kenya-Ethiopia border following the killing of two people by suspected Merille attackers. Consequently, security team and elders from the two countries will hold a joint meeting to ease rising tension following the sporadic attacks.

Mr Obuo, Turkana North District Commissioner, said the meeting would be held at Kangateng in Ethiopia on Friday to quell the attacks caused by scarcity of water and pasture. The incident follows the killing of a senior General Service Unit (GSU) three months ago when Kenyan security forces attempted to repulse Merille pastoralists.
At the same time more than 3,000 families in Turkana North district displaced by floods are faced with risk of contracting waterborne diseases due to unhygienic conditions. And more than 400 animals have been swept as floods continue to wrack havoc in the larger Turkana district. “Rescue teams have been dispatched to assist affected families with relief supplies including food, medicine and clean water,” said a Kenyan Red cross Communication manager. The floods have caused extensive damage to roads and vegetation in the several parts of the North Rift region.

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