West fuelling maritime feud with Somalia

For a long time, conceptions of national security revolved around ability to project maritime capabilities, either in defence or in imposing one’s values on others. The ability to project sea power rises with corresponding ability to monopolise or deny access to critical resources to other countries. Such resources become ‘strategic’ and among them are oil and gas that powerful naval countries try to deny others. Kenya is a victim of extra-continental effort to manipulate ‘strategic’ resources in terms of supply, price, and access. Denying Kenya access to its sea resources, either directly or through proxy, is part of international power play.