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The article examines the Marehan Somali rebellion from 1913 to 1914, and the attempt to pacify the Kenyan colony of Jubaland and bring back the Marehan and other Somali groups under effective colonial control. It explores the problems faced by the colonial government of the East Africa Protectorate and the Colonial Office in dealing with dissident Somali groups that lead to the Marehan Uprising. It also explores Kenya's military actions against Marehan Somalis to end lack of law and order.

The article focuses on the effort of Kenya to fight the threats that Somalia positions to its own national security as of 2012. It notes that there is disconnection between the stated objective for Operation Linda Nchi and the level of effort needed to attain its desired goal. It mentions that the invasion of Somalia by Kenya looked to accomplish a regional and domestic demand signal for action against the threat. It discusses key challenges for the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF).

The article presents updates on political relations in Kenya as of July 2011. Security has been leveled up along the Kenya-Southern Sudan border after the killing of Turkana warriors in a botched cattle raid. According to medical charity Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF), almost 30,000 people are stranded on the border between Somalia and Kenya. The MSF said that the population at the complex of camps at Dadaab in northern Kenya has increased to 350,000.

The article reports that Kenyan government deployed extra troops in its border in Somalia due to invasion threat of Al-Shabaab militia in North Eastern Province. It says that the infiltration movement of Al-Shabaab and Somalia refugees observed by military intelligence urges the government to deploy the troop to defend the territorial boundary. It cites the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Kenya and Somalia, the condition of North Eastern Province, and abduction incidence on March 2009.