Kenya-Somalia maritime dispute quite unfortunate

Don’t bite the hand that feeds you, states a classic idiom that we ought to be all aware of. Kenya may not be perfect, but without Kenya, Somalia as a country would not be existing, let alone having the audacity, legal and diplomatic capacity to take any issue anywhere, let alone having access as a recognised sovereign state, to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, Netherlands.

Founded on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, California, United States, the ICJ, also called the World Court, is the principal organ of the United Nations (UN), whose primary functions are to settle international legal disputes submitted by states and give advisory opinions on legal issues referred to it by authorised UN organs and specialised agencies.