The residents are angry that the soldiers are allegedly trying to annex a section of Somalia by erecting a boundary into Kenya’s neighbours.
According to them, KDF soldiers have erected a perimeter wall 100 metres into Somalia, apparently with the aim of annexing the area.
Kenyan soldiers have been manning the Kenya-Somalia border since the al-Shabaab
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Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...insurgency in Kenya.
The Somalia-based terror group has carried out deadly attacks in Kenya in the past, with the mos devastating one being the killing of at least 147 people at the Garissa University College.
However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go...
improved security has seen the attacks reduce significantly and limited to the border between the two countries.