Is Kenya’s reaction to dispute with Somalia over islands justified?

Is Kenya’s reaction to dispute with Somalia over islands justified?

Somalia went to the dogs in the early 1990s  because of bad politics. To date, there are no indications those bad politics will end anytime soon. The thing, however, is that Somalia only started laying claim to the disputed Islands in 2014 with the discovery of oil.

In fact, Kenya has been patient and even chose international arbitration over the matter, but Somalia became impatient and took Kenya’s soft stand as weakness. Emboldened, Somalia is said to have gone as far as auctioning oil blocks on the Islands without Kenya’s knowledge.