When the attack occurred, the four cops on board were driving the car to Garissa for a mechanical inspection.
The injured officer was sent to Nairobi for specialized care after being hospitalized at the Garissa County Referral Hospital. Police believe extremists from Al-Shabaab were behind the attack on Tuesday morning.
Four persons, including engineers from the Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA), perished in the same county in January due to an explosion brought on by an IED when examining the Lapset corridor.
Three officers were shot and killed by shooters in Turkana County hours after Cabinet Secretary for Interior Kithure Kindiki concluded his visit to the North Rift region with a warning that bandits have nowhere to hide in Kenya.
The crooks allegedly stripped the police officers during the 8 a.m. incident and fled with their uniforms, weapons, and ammo.
After the robbers ambushed a police convoy along the Lodwar-Kitale route, another General Service Unit (GSU) officer is still missing.
One mobile phone, 31 rounds of ammo, cash, a solar panel, footwear (Akalas), and a live tortoise tethered to a tree where they stored their belongings were all recovered during the operation, according to Ndanyi.
Police from GSU, the Administration Police, the Rapid Deployment Unit, and the local police station made up the team of cops who confronted the bandits along the roadway.
They had to retreat to their camp, where they were preparing to deal with the gunman after the assailants overran their convoy.
During his most recent visit to the unsettling area, Interior CS met with senior security commanders from Turkana and Baringo counties to find a long-term solution to the region's recurring banditry attacks. This most recent event occurred just hours later.
Beginning last Tuesday, Kindiki met with a group of senior security chiefs from the Rift Valley to discuss how to cope with the threat that has wreaked devastation and caused tremendous misery among the locals.
