Stopping Kenya is a National Responsibility
Faisal Roble
The Kenya motion introduced by Mr. Duale, a Kenyan of Somali origin, is a member of that country's legislators.
The motion comes short of a declaration of state hostility against the Federal Republic of Somalia. To do so, it rehashes past historical and political differences between the two countries and hankers back to 1963, when the Somalis under the then new Republic of Kenya demanded their freedom so that they could join their brothers in the nascent republic of Somalia.
The motion also expresses Keyan's oversize role in the AU and IGAD, two regional organizations that have sway over Somalia.
Since 1963, a lot of things in the world changed, most importantly the failed state of the first Somali republic on the one hand, and the economic expansion of Kenya, on the other.
Forward to 2010, Keyna acted as if it played a brotherly neighborly role to Somalia, while in reality it secrately partook in the stagnation of the rebirth of Somalia. Arab Moi, former President of Kenya, said in an interview in DC that his country has been sabotaging Somalia.
Kenya always tried to exploit Somalia's dishevelled leadership. Case in point is the now infamous MOA that triggered the Kenyan-Somali maritime dispute
Somalia and Kenya never had an official maritime demarcation. That is common in the world. However the disputed triangular shaped swath of the sea on the edge of the two neighbors that is rich in oil has been in dispute since the 1970s.
It is recalled both countries decided to go to ICJ. In anticipation of its potential legal loss, Kenya stated to antagonize, sabotage, and intimidate Somalia in more than one way.
The latest action of intimidation Kenya engaged in is beating the drums for hostility. While Somalia behaves as the mature and civilized neighbor, Kenya acts like a bully with bigger canons and guns. The motion that said was introduced by a Kenya-born Somalai is a call for hostility against Somalia.
I am with my Presidnet M. A. Farmajo on this issue. If need be, we will agitate for defence of father land. Politics is temporal and National land is permanent and perennial. Let us look at all options for Somalia.