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State to resolve Wajir, Garissa border dispute


Monday August 29, 2016

Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji addresses the press at a Garissa hotel on Saturday after meeting leaders and elders. He is with Northeastern regional coordinator Mohamud Saleh / STEPHEN ASTARIKO
Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji addresses the press at a Garissa hotel on Saturday after meeting leaders and elders. He is with Northeastern regional coordinator Mohamud Saleh / STEPHEN ASTARIKO

Two warring communities in Lagdera and Wajir South have been urged to be calm until the border dispute is resolved.

The Makhabul and the Aulian communities have been fighting at Aqal Aar and Fadiweyn for 10 years. More than 10 lives were lost last year. Several other people have been injured and displaced.

Speaking after a meeting which brought together leaders and elders from the two communities, Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji said all parties should ensure no further aggression until the problem is resolved. The meeting was facilitated by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission.

Haji, who has been chairing the meetings, said they have agreed elders from both sides will come up with historical or documentary evidence to determine where the border should be.

The meeting was a follow up of another held on June 15, when the warring sides agreed on a ceasefire.

Haji said the two communities agreed to present their evidence of where they think the boundary is.

“The regional coordinator will then on September 30 or there about make a decision when the government will go there and make an announcement or show the people exactly where the boundary is,” Haji said.

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Northeastern regional coordinator Mohamud Saleh said the government will soon show the communities where boundary is.
“We have given the people of Wajir and Garissa an opportunity to provide documentary or historical evidence why they think the boundary should not be here or there.The government works on survey documents, evidence and marks. This is what will guide us in determining where the border is or should be,” Saleh said.

He said action will be taken against anybody found provoking or inciting the communities against each other on "petty issues like boundaries".

Saleh said the government has "more serious problems to deal with, such as terrorism and radicalisation".

Lagdera MP Mohamed Shidiye urged the government to involve the National Land Commission, the IEBC, surveyors and the Physical Planning department.
 

 





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