This archive report was first published on 14 November 2019.
As tensions continue to rise along the Tana River and Garissa border, residents are fleeing the area in fear of an outbreak of war.
According to local leaders, the national government has been accused of underrating the simmering tension in the volatile border region, which has been sparked by a meeting in Bura East of Garissa on Monday.
Former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana warned that if the state does not take action, something will happen, and criticized 'war mongers' who are out to trigger unrest in the area.
Mungatana and other Tana River leaders have called on the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Nurdin Haji to direct the police to investigate Garissa political leaders who are allegedly out to create instability in the area.
Additional security personnel have been deployed in the 3-mile disputed territory of Mansabubu and Diram in Bura East, and investigations have been launched against Garissa county leaders who allegedly incited locals during a function near the border with Tana River.
However, the sultan of Wailwana tribe, Mr Ramadhan Sabisan, claims that fearful residents have started fleeing the border areas into the interior of Tana River, with over 500 people relocating.
On November 14, 2019, Tana River County Commissioner Oningoi Ole Sosio said that additional security personnel have been deployed in the 3-mile disputed territory of Mansabubu and Diram in Bura East.
Garissa County Commissioner Michael Mweru Mwangi said that investigation have been launched against the Garissa county leaders that, allegedly incited the locals on Monday.
