North Horr MP Wario Adhe Raises Alarm Over Marsabit-Wajir Border Dispute

Added: 2026-06-05

[00:00:00]Thank you very much, Your Honorable Speaker.

[00:00:02]Honorable Speaker, pursuant to provision of Standing Order 442C, I rise to request for a statement from the chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding the ongoing border conflict and intercommunity tension at Turbi along the border between Marsabit and Wajir counties.

[00:00:19]Honorable Speaker, Marsabit County was historically part of former Eastern Province, while Wajir fell under the former Northeastern Province.

[00:00:28]The current county boundaries under the constitution were derived from district boundaries as they existed 1992.

[00:00:36]And subsequent boundary review processes, including the Legale Commission, did not alter the historical boundary between Marsabit and Wajir.

[00:00:44]On this basis, communities in North Horr Constituency and Marsabit County have for decades coexisted peacefully with communities from Wajir, including shared grazing arrangements and long-term standing long-standing intercommunity relations.

[00:00:59]Honorable Speaker, concerns have now emerged over alleged encroachment by parties believed to be from Wajir County into territory within Marsabit County.

[00:01:08]There have been reports of destruction of colonial era boundary beacons and establishment of infrastructure such as boreholes, villages, and schools within areas believed to fall within Marsabit County. This situation, similar to the ongoing T 2 dispute, risks escalating tension between the involved counties and may lead to insecurity, displacement, and loss of life if not urgently addressed.

[00:01:34]Honorable Speaker, it's against this background that I request for a statement from the chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security on the following: A report on the circumstances under which parties believed to be from Wajir County have alleged transpass into Marsabit County, settle along Turbi border, and commence development despite the area being outside Majia jurisdiction.

[00:02:00]Secondly, the immediate and long-term measures being undertaken by the Ministry of Interior and Natural Administration to address the Arabjan border dispute so as to avert the looming inter-community violence and restore peaceful coexistence between the affected communities.

[00:02:15]And finally, measures being taken by the Ministry to safeguard the administrative boundary integrity of Masabit County from encroachment or unlawful variation including physical visit verification of the historical boundary beacons. Thank you, honorable speaker.

[00:02:32]>> Yes, honorable Junet.

[00:02:39]>> Mr. Speaker, honorable Millie Odhiambo, I remind everyone that he is the president in 2032.

[00:02:43]>> Okay.

[00:02:44]>> Of the past Luwe president.

[00:02:46]>> Okay.

[00:02:48]>> Mr. Speaker, I want to ride on the statement raised by honorable Northall.

[00:02:55]You are right. Mr. Speaker, this is a This is a very serious issue that is being raised by everywhere and all over.

[00:03:01]But Mr. Speaker, I thought when these counties were created and I think you are in Naivasha, I think. Yes.

[00:03:08]>> I was there.

[00:03:08]>> I thought they said they created the framework of the old 1992 districts that were existing by then in 1992. And the boundaries are known.

[00:03:19]>> Yes.

[00:03:19]>> Uh those districts had have been existing since independence and their boundaries are known.

[00:03:25]And then in the northern Mr. Speaker, now people are fighting over land.

[00:03:28]The land is too big.

[00:03:31]The land is some of it is not even being used.

[00:03:34]There is not even grass on it.

[00:03:36]But people are saying, "This is my land.

[00:03:37]That's your land. This is your land.

[00:03:38]That That's my land." Mr. Speaker, can they first make the land productive so that we people can fight over production, Mr. Speaker? Thank you very much.

[00:03:47]>> Yes.

[00:03:51]Rasso, is to you?

[00:03:55]>> Uh thank you very much, honorable speaker. You know, honorable speaker honorable Junet is a fisherman.

[00:04:03]And uh sometimes he wouldn't understand why pastoralists fight over those expensive land.

[00:04:08]It's about grazing, water, and all that.

[00:04:11]This particular issue, honorable Wario of Northern Kenya, is is expansion.

[00:04:17]And that is what we are against as pastoralists of this country. Honorable speaker, we will respond to the house in 2 weeks, but also we'll take other measures so that it does not escalate into a communal conflict. Thank you, honorable speaker.

[00:04:30]>> okay.