Perhaps, the most famous borderline barrier currently is the U.S/Mexican border wall which is a project of the U.S government. In total however, there are 28 countries in the world that have resorted to constructing borderline walls in attempts to help solve their internal problems. The number of countries that have had walls constructed on their borders will be numerically higher than 28, because, one wall geographically affects two countries even though it remains the project of one of the two countries. For instance, Zimbabwe, Palestine, Mexico and Somalia have never build the walls on their borders, but it was Botswana/ South Africa, Israel, U.S.A and Kenya respectively, that did the walls. |
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| A section of the Kenya/ Somalia borderline wall being constructed by the Kenyan government. |
Speaking of walls most likely conjures up in mind Two famous walls in the world, ie 'The great wall of China' or 'The Berlin wall'. Unlike the Kenya/Somalia borderline wall however, these two are internal walls within the boundaries of their own countries. The US/Mexico borderline wall remains the longest border barrier at 3,360 Kilometers, though 'The great wall of China' remains the longest of all walls, internal or external at 21,196 kilometers from the Eastern town of Dandong all the way to Lop Lake in the West. Globally, 80 countries have cities erected with defensive walls. Germany alone has 318 cities with defensive walls. Hundreds of other cities around the world have defensive walls that date back to medieval history, with most of the cities being in European countries.
Going by the trends of history my advise to the Kenyan government will be for them to construct a structure that can later be converted into something else. A good example is the Beijing city wall that after 530 years, it was demolished to pave way for the construction of a subway.
