By Frontier Online.
Fear has gripped business people in Eastleigh ahead of tomorrow’s verdict where the international court is set to deliver judgment pitting between Kenya and Somalia over the maritime border.
Somali Nationals and business owners are apprehensive about the decision by the international court which could likely rule in favour of Somalia.
Businessman and cleric Mohamed Shakul told journalists in Nairobi that there is heightened tension as some unscrupulous people might hire goons to hamper and disrupt business activities and loot shops in the mushrooming Eastleigh neighborhood.
Earlier today National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani who is also the leader the new found UPYA movement paid visit to Eastleigh where he reiterated government’s commitment to protecting the business sector.
The CS pledged that the government will look into their concerns and come up with appropriate solutions to addressing them.
The CS who was accompanied by a host of MPs was hosted by Eastleigh Business District Association (EBDA) who through their chair Ahmed Yare raised a raft of issues they are grappling with as business community.
Director of Public Prosecution DPP Nordin Hajji and Former IGAD Executive Secretary Eng Mahbiub Maalin were also in attendance of the meeting.
Kenya has withdrawn from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the raging maritime border row with neighbouring Somalia.
In a statement on Friday, October 8, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary, Ambassador Macharia Kamau, said that Kenya will not recognize tomorrow’s judgment in the ongoing Maritime case with Somalia.
The PS accused the ICJ of assuming jurisdiction in the case when it had none and ignoring Kenya’s 1965 reservation that excluded disputes such as the present one from the court’s discretion.
Nairobi declared that the ICJ’s judgment – whichever way – will have a profound impact on the security, political, social and economic ramifications in the region and beyond.
The ICJ court is set to deliver its judgment Tuesday 3pm.