Format: Hybrid Event
Date: Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Time: 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Venue: BIEA Seminar Room, Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa, Nairobi and Online

Borderland revenues, routes and controls are at the heart of state projects on the margins in Kenya and South Sudan. New XCEPT research examines the evolution of border controls and revenue generation projects on two crucial borders in the region. These securitized commercial borderlands are generating precarious and stratified business classes, new systems of debt and rent, and the construction of new political and commercial elites.

On 18 February 2025, the Rift Valley Forum will host a panel discussion to explore the research findings and examine the impact of the evolving dynamics in these borderland regions on local economies and political power structures.

Presenters

Dr Nicki Kindersley

Researcher/Contemporary Historian

Dr Hassan Kochore

Researcher/Anthropologist

Discussants

Dr Tahira Mohamed

Postdoctoral Fellow, International Livestock Research Institute

Jacob Bul Bior

Public Policy Practitioner and Peace Activist, Anataban Art Initiative