evidence: KTN (2019) confirm the claim that states in the Ilemi triangle and the region are involved in funding border tribal militias for their strategic interests. This can be considered a deal with the devil, considering the banditry activities of the state-funded militias. The state contemplating whether to continue funding their militias and are under-resourced is forced to bow to the militia kingpins. In the Ilemi triangle, state authorities from Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya are forced to be pawns to flourish in the inter-border gun trade without their knowledge. [...] In areas such as the Ilemi and Golden Triangle, a final solution should be reached amongst the various states. Cold war tactics such as the use of parallel armed forces in border areas should stop so that the peace prevails. As the region federalizes, territorial integrity should be less focused than strategic collaboration, such as the congruence of economic zones. In the Ilemi triangle, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and Ethiopia should utilize mineral resources for a unitary city for every East African. Like the Abyei and Heglieg box (Golden Triangle), territories can also be transferred upon agreement but with a compensation model.