A leaked document suggests a Somali Minister made a presentation at an auction in London, where the Kenya's neighbour auctioned four contested oil blocks, with the agreement due to be implemented in January 2020.

Kenyan authorities have raised eyebrows at this dateline given the International Court of Justice (ICJ) case between her and Somalia on the disputed maritime boundary will be heard in September this year and a decision unlikely by January.

Somalia had disputed that the auction of oil blocks 230, 231, 232 and 233 ever took place, but the 21-page document details the presentation by Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed in London at Claridges Hotel, at which Somalia put up the three oil blocks in the Indian Ocean for sale.