By AGGREY MUTAMBOMore by this AuthorKenya has lost its bid to stop a case filed by Somalia over a maritime dispute from going to a full hearing. He declared the MoU was not intended to establish a specific procedure for the settlement of the maritime dispute. The Kenyan legal team argued that the court lacked jurisdiction since both Kenya and Mogadishu had agreed on an alternative dispute settlement. Somalia sued Kenya in August 2014 saying the boundary should extend diagonally to the south at Kiunga into the sea, and not eastwards as it is today. The area in contest is about 100,000 square kilometres, forming a triangle east of the Kenya coast.

Source: Daily Nation February 02, 2017 19:18 UTC