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The Standard
March 24, 2018
One of the joys of latter day Kenya is that it is now possible to crisscross most of the country on fairly good roads. But the biggest highway shocker is the 550 km stretch from Nanyuki to the Kenya-Ethiopia Border at Moyale. Having had the misfortune of punishing my vehicle through this stretch of roadÃâà...
africanews
March 24, 2018
Kenyan leaders should publicly voice their concern over the increased military aggression that causes Ethiopians to flee into Kenya. ... Over the last weeks, thousands of Ethiopians living in the border town of Moyale fled their homes into Kenya's Marsabit County after a failed military operation by the armyÃâà...
africanews
March 22, 2018
Over 8,000 civilians crossed into Kenya from Moyale, seeking asylum after a botched military operation left nine citizens dead. A military team ostensibly dispatched to intercept a banned armed group, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) members ended up acting on wrong intelligence leading to the incident.
ReliefWeb
March 21, 2018
Balanish Tadese, an Ethiopian mother of two, walks through a makeshift refugee camp in Moyale, Kenya, with a bundle of personal belongings ... The Kenyan Government is looking at reducing the number of makeshift camps, so UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Kenya, the Kenya Red Cross, andÃâà...
The Standard
March 15, 2018
Ethiopian security forces have mistakenly killed nine civilians in the town of Moyale located on the country's border with Kenya, a pro-government blogger says citing the Command Post. Daniel Berhane wrote on Facebook that the Command Post administering the February 16 state of emergency said aÃâà...
africanews
March 13, 2018
In a statement on Tuesday, the Kenyan Red Cross Society said“the population of refugees from Ethiopia continues to increase” and was now estimated at 5,000. Refugees from Ethiopia had begun to arrive in Kenya on March 10, it said, adding that they were mostly women and children, including“pregnantÃâà...
africanews
March 13, 2018
Kenyan authorities are receiving Ethiopians fleeing violence back home after security forces killed nine people and wounded a dozen others in a ... PRESS RELEASE: The Kenya Red Cross Society supports asylum seekers from Ethiopia, currently being hosted in Moyale. pic.twitter.com/It9sOFpmnw.
The Star, Kenya
March 6, 2018
They appealed to Kenya Power to return their previous generators. Operations in most government offices have also been paralysed for lack of power. In March last year, traders complained about recurrent power blackouts. According to Moyale export director Ali Mumin, small businesses were the hardestÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 28, 2018
Clearance at Kenya's borders with its neighbours will be eased with the operationalisation of five modern one-stop border posts. Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia said this is in line with the government's commitment to the improvement of regional transport infrastructure, which remains a keyÃâà...
The Standard
February 18, 2018
Other projects will include special economic zones, resort cities, and airports. The Lapsset Corridor, estimated to cost Sh2.5 trillion when complete, starts in Lamu and runs through Garissa, Isiolo, Laikipia, Marsabit, Moyale, and Turkana. It aims to open up northern Kenya while connecting the country to itsÃâà...
Xinhua
February 12, 2018
The Kenyan authorities have blamed the vastness of the region for the runaway influx of foreigners into Kenya through Moyale on Kenya-Ethiopia borders and the porous border with Somalia. Refugee rights organizations and aid agencies have blamed poverty in Africa for the rising cases of humanÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 8, 2018
"They are under interrogation as we seek to establish their more about their movements. They don't have documents to warrant being in Kenya," said Mboloi. It is not clear when they left the Moyale border and how they managed to evade many roadblocks along the way. The incident is the latest in a seriesÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 7, 2018
Most water pans collected little water and are already drying up," Mr Guyo said, adding that pastoralists from Isiolo, Mandera and Wajir counties had moved to Moyale Sub-County in search of the scarce resource, leading to a strain and fast usage of the little available. Mr Guyo also urged pastoralists to sellÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 7, 2018
Kenya's Ambassador to Ethiopia Catherine Mwangi called on both governments to use the long and peaceful relations that exists between the countries ... Ethiopia and Kenya are working on the completion and operationalization of the Ethio-Moyale asphalt road and the power transmission line that wouldÃâà...
The Standard
February 7, 2018
It is not clear when they left the Moyale border and how they managed to evade many roadblocks on the way. Police say an investigation has been launched to ... "When aliens are trafficked from Moyale to Namanga with roadblocks, how can we explain this?" he posed. "We must adopt tough and ruthlessÃâà...
AllAfrica.com
February 6, 2018
It is an alternative shorter route to Moyale and ultimately Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. "The traffic to these areas from Mombasa will avoid going through Nairobi once the entire stretch to Isiolo via Mwingi and Mikinduri to join the Meru-Maua Road at Muriri is upgraded to bitumen standard," said the report.
AllAfrica.com
February 6, 2018
The NDMA boss also said that Ambalo and Badalelo areas in Moyale sub-county are already hit by lack of pasture and water. He said that pastoralists from Isiolo, Mandera, and Wajir have moved to Moyale in search of the scarce resources leading to strain and fast usage of the little available. "Moyale hadÃâà...
africanews
December 31, 1999
At the time of Assefa Abyou's press conference, over 9,600 asylum seekers had fled the border town of Moyale into Kenya according to Kenyan media reports. The federal police chief according to the state-affiliated FBC said government was “undertaking various activities to bring them back home.”.
Daily Nation
December 31, 1999
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni of commission the Busia One Stop Border Post recently. Clearance at Kenya's borders with its neighbours will be eased with the operationalisation of five modern one-stop border posts. PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUPÃâà...
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