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Kenya has announced it’s withdrawal from the International Court of Justice.
Making the announcement, Foreign Affairs Ps Macharia Kamau has said they will not recognize its judgement in the ongoing case pitting it against Somalia.
Speaking today Ps Kamau has said that the Kenyan Government won’t recognize the judgement that is set to emerge from the court on Tuesday next week.
Kenya will now also withdraw its participation in the case and won’t abide by its findings.
Kenya and Somalia have engaged in a protracted legal tussle at the ICJ over a piece of land off the shore of Kenya.
The contestation is on which country owns it.
But Kamau said the court lacks jurisdiction to determine the dispute.
Kamau complains that the court has been manifestly biased and hence unsuitable to resolve the conflict.
Kamau said the government believes the conflict ought to have been resolved through amicable negotiation.
He said the case was an attempt by Somalia to infringe on the country’s territorial integrity an attempt that started in 1969.
He was flanked by Vice Chief of Defence Forces Ogola, Solicitor General Kennedy Ogeto and Defense PS Ibrahim Mohamed.