Relationship between Nairobi and Mogadishu has deteriorated in the recent past despite assurance that all is okay, Voice of America Journalist Harun Maruf has said.
Early last month, Ambassador Monica Juma said that the issues had been solved, adding that a meeting held between her and Somalia counterpart Ahmed Awad had solved the matter.
"We reaffirmed our strong desire to normalise relations and agreed, as a first step, to have our ambassadors return to station," Dr Juma wrote on her Twitter page after meeting Mr Awad in Nairobi.
Kenya is one of the countries that donated troops to AMISOM and besides that, Nairobi hosts several refugees from the war torn country since 1991.
But Maruf, who wrote the Inside Al-Shabaab book, says the relationship has deteriorated in the recent past, citing mistrust over the standoff between Nairobi and Somalia with regard to maritime boundary.
"Kenya has thousands of troops in Somalia, battling Al-Shabaab. Kenya argues idea behind the fence is to stop AS attacks. But there is no evidence the fence will stop AS, per observers. In addition, Somalia doesn’t believe Kenya fence is following along the right borderline," he wrote.
"The relations between Somalia and Kenya has been frosty recently. It could develop into serious stage beyond the control if things continue along this trajectory. The dispute eminates from dispute over maritime as well as land boundary," he added.
Further, he said, Somalia is unhappy with the decision for Kenya to move to International Court of Justice over the maritime boundary crisis.
"Third, Somalia and Kenya have a maritime delimitation case before @CIJ_ICJ. Kenya fought diplomatically to have the case solved outside court, Somalia feels only way it can protect its territory is through int’l arbitration given state of country and weakness of govt institutions," he said.