{"id":125483,"date":"2026-09-07T22:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T19:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/?p=125483"},"modified":"2026-09-07T23:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T20:40:50","slug":"125483","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/2026\/09\/125483\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia and Kenya Agree to Expand Road Linking Isiolo and Mandera."},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenya and Somalia have agreed to accelerate plans to extend the Isiolo-Mandera road, which will be extended through Somalia, to create a new trade, communication and security corridor connecting the Horn of Africa countries.<\/p>\n

This came after a meeting in Nairobi between the Somali Ambassador to Kenya, Jabril Cabdulle, and the Permanent Secretary of the Kenyan Ministry of Roads, Joseph Mbugua.<\/p>\n

The two sides agreed to establish a joint technical committee to expedite discussions on Somalia\u2019s inclusion in the World Bank-funded Horn of Africa Gateway Development Project (HoAGDP).<\/p>\n

Somalia and Kenya also agreed to hold a high-level meeting between the two countries to further advance the implementation plan for the project.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Jabril Cabdulle welcomed Somalia\u2019s inclusion in the project, saying it would strengthen connectivity between the two countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis project will facilitate cross-border trade, improve regional fiber-optic connectivity, and open up many economic opportunities that will benefit both communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The plan gives greater importance to the Isiolo-Mandera road, which has been underway in northeastern Kenya for years, but has been delayed in some parts by security and implementation challenges.<\/p>\n

The World Bank in 2020 approved a $750 million loan for the HoAGDP project, which focuses on a 740km road connecting Isiolo and Mandera.<\/p>\n

The project was originally planned to upgrade 365km of the road and 30km of other connecting roads, while also adding fiber-optic infrastructure, border checkpoints, and systems to facilitate border management and trade.<\/p>\n

Security is one of the biggest challenges facing the project, especially in northeastern Kenya. The Kenyan government said security measures have been stepped up to protect workers and construction activities.<\/p>\n

The World Bank has also described the areas where the project will pass as vulnerable and conflict-ridden, posing a threat to workers, infrastructure and construction activities.<\/p>\n

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Kenya and Somalia have agreed to accelerate plans to extend the Isiolo-Mandera road, which will be extended through Somalia, to create a new trade, communication and security corridor connecting the Horn of Africa countries. This came after a meeting in Nairobi between the Somali Ambassador to Kenya, Jabril Cabdulle, and the Permanent Secretary of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dhacdoyinka-caalamka","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125483"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125495,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125483\/revisions\/125495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}