Another IED attack leaves four dead in Garissa

Four people have been killed after a vehicle they were travelling with was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) along the Kulan-Liboi in Garissa County.

The four, who close sources to the Citizen Digital have revealed two of them to be employees of ADESO – a Non-Governmental Organization, were travelling from Daadab on a work mission.

Confirming the incident, Daadab Sub-County Deputy County Commissioner, Harun Kamau, said that the deceased were travelling to Dhoble when the unfortunate incident occurred.

“The information we have is still scanty at the moment but all I can tell you is that the vehicle hit an IED and we have already sent a rescue team to the area,” he said.

Tuesday’s incident brings the tally of people who have been killed in the boarder area to 29 in a period of four weeks.

This comes even as the Interior Cabinet Secretary, Major Gen. (Rtd.) Joseph Nkaisery, appeared before the Parliamentary National Security Committee on Tuesday to give a security update in the country.

The Tiatty MP Asman Kamama-led committee raised concerns over the credibility and standards of the security vehicles the government tendered recently, after a last week’s IED attack in the region left four police officers – who were aboard the APC vehicle – dead.

“Are these vehicles in the right condition? Are they the standard required because taxpayers’ money was used to purchase them and we saw how it was destroyed completely by an IED when it is supposed to protect security officers in such scenarios?” posed Ugunja MP, Opiyo Wandayi.

The CS, however, remained upbeat that the security vehicles are the right standard assuring the committee that the security department is doing everything possible to ensure that security is restored in the volatile region.

“The APCs are up to the required standards they have been tested, you even saw when it was hit by an IED it did not destroy the whole thing. That region is covered fully, we have released enough resources that security officers should be able to secure the area well with mobility and communication,” answered the CS.

Additional reporting by Majanga Michael