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President
Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Moyale,
Marsabit County, after unveiling a plaque during the launch of the cross-border
integrated programme on December 7, 2015. Photo | Phoebe Okall | Nation Media
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The leaders of Kenya and
Ethiopia promised on Monday to create jobs, reduce poverty and foster trade in
their restive borderlands, where conflict has intensified in recent years. The US$200 million
project aims to create a trade and investment hub along the remote 860 km (530
mile) border where human, arms and drug trafficking are rife, the head of the
United Nations in Kenya, Nardos Bekele-Thomas, said.
