Several Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) soldiers injured and eight others feared dead after their vehicle hit an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at Baure in Lamu West. Multiple sources told The Standard that the soldiers were traveling from the Baure Camp in a Landcruiser to the Kenya-Somali border where construction of a wall is going on. This morning KDF soldiers on routine duties within Lamu County (Baure) encountered and IED, reinforced with an ambush along the Bodhei - Kiunga Road. "There has been an insurgency among the Ogaden tribe living across the Kenya-Somali border opposed to the construction of the wall. This is after the then Lamu County Governor Issa Timamy said construction work had begun and would have been concluded in one year.

Source: Standard Digital May 18, 2021 16:30 UTC