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Course of the somali resistance to the british and the reasons why british initially reacted minimally to the somali aggression on their kisimayu neighbourhood in 1898

Answer Text:
Course of the Somali resistance to the British.
The British initially reacted minimally to the Somali aggression on their Kisimayu neighbourhood in 1898 due to the following reasons;
a) They viewed such an undertaking as to expensive in terms of the arms and military personnel that would have been involved.
b) The Somali were a nomadic group therefore it was very hard and time consuming to suppress them.
c) There was no economic justification for waging such a war on a highly unproductive territory.
However, when the Somali murdered the British sub-commissioner for Jubaland, Mr Jenner, in 1900, the British dispatched a punitive expedition of Indian regiments against them.
The Somali rose up again in 1905 against the British after they had procured Firearms.