By KENNEDY KIMANTHIMore by this AuthorKenya has filed its response at the International Court of Justice in the Indian Ocean border dispute case filed by Somalia. A statement from the Office of the Attorney-General Githu Muigai has said Kenya’s position is that the maritime border remains as it is and the dispute be solved through negotiations. It sought to have the maritime border redrawn to extend diagonally to the south at Kiunga into the sea, and not eastwards as it is. Somalia sued Kenya in 2014 asking for proper determination of the sea boundary between the two countries and wanted it adjusted to give Mogadishu a huge chunk of the sea, which has oil deposits. But Kenya submits that the maritime border with Somalia is as was decreed in the Presidential Proclamation of 1979.

Source: Daily Nation December 18, 2017 21:33 UTC