Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetangula has broken his silence over the rift between Kenya and Somalia over the disputed area which is rich in oil blocks and gas.
Wetangula served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade when the two countries signed an MoU and Wetangula said as far as he is aware, there is no dispute.
Speaking with KTN's Sophia Wanunu on Monday evening, the Bungoma Senator said it was upon Somalia to prove Kenya wrong.
"As far as I am concerned there is no dispute. They are in disputed territory. It is Somalia's duty to prove their case against Kenya.
"The MOU that I signed as Kenya's foreign minister, then with the Somali counterpart, was well grounded both in law and in fact," stated the former minister.
Wetangula further held that with the changing leadership structures in Somalia may have prompted them to look at the MoU and subsequent filing of a case against Kenya.
"In my view, because of the ever-changing situation in Somalia, I think the subsequent government became wiser and decided to look at the MOU. I think someone advised them. They decided to go to court- ICJ," affirmed Wetangula.
According to the Senator, AU and IGAD have mechanisms of solving disputes among its member states which shouldn't have been taken to ICJ in which going to the hearing Kenya stands clear to win the case.
"The trajectory that the boundary in the maritime section took was not the one they expected. There were mechanisms within the region- IGAD and AU, that have clear mechanisms of solving the dispute," he retorted.
"I think that going into the hearing, Kenya has a good position against Somalia. This was a negotiation signed between two competent authorities from both governments," Wetangula said.