BREAKING: Three dead, several injured after Mandera bound bus hits an IED

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Police said they fear the number of casualties will increase.
In Summary
•The bus was Wednesday morning heading to Mandera Town from Lafey when it ran on an Improvised Explosive Devise sending it to the sky and back to the ground.
•Witnesses said the bus was badly damaged after it landed with pictures taken at the site showed the bus roof ripped off.

The bus was Wednesday morning heading to Mandera Town from Lafey./COURTESY
The bus was Wednesday morning heading to Mandera Town from Lafey./COURTESY

At least three people have been killed and several injured when a bus they were travelling on, was hit by a bomb set on Arabia Road in Mandera county.
The bus was heading to Mandera Town from Lafey on Wednesday morning when it ran on an Improvised Explosive Devise.
Witnesses said the bus was badly damaged after it was hit by the explosive. Pictures taken at the site showed the bus roof ripped off with casualties lying around the scene.

Police said they fear the number of casualties will increase. Mandera governor Ali Roba also confirmed the deaths.
This comes a day after security agents repulsed an attempt by al-Shabaab militants to attack a police camp in Lafey, Mandera County in the latest such incident.

It is believed the same group is behind the attack on the bus.

The gang fired two Rocket Propelled Grenades and fired several times into the Border Patrol Unit camp in Sheikh Barrow area before they were repulsed.
Security agents have been on alert following reports of a planned attack by the militants in the area.

It happened two weeks after a similar attempt was made on a camp in Elram area, Elwak, Mandera County on March 10.

More to follow...
Source: The Star
 
It's time for those camps to be moved to safe areas within Somalia. We cannot continue hosting people who harbor terrorists.

On the other hand, this narrative of the camp closure happens every election season. It's the government's way of raising funds from donors.
 
This is a loosing war, the bandits are amongst us.
We have to up our security surveillance and Intel.
The country has always neglected these areas and the county governments aren't doing anything about it apart from fleecing funds.
 
All this insurgencies in northern Kenya are being aided by locals who believe it won't affect them , the IED was planted thinking they had targeted a GSU lorry kumbe basi plying within mandera with locals onboard, let them also feel the pain
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Anglututu said:
The country has always neglected these areas
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This is a narrative created to justify some things. We talk of affirmative/equalization funds today but we forget these areas used to benefit from the Arid Lands Resource Management Program for many years.

The project ( 1996-2001 - US$22 million credit ) was uniquely designed as a risk management instrument - it conceived the establishment of a viable, government-run system of drought management, through early warning systems, contingency plans, mitigation and quick response. The design also devolved responsibility to the district and community level, encouraging civil servants and other district development actors to empower local communities in the design and implementation of development projects. The project built on the experience of others before it such as the Netherlands-supported Drought Management Project ( DMP ) and subsequently, the Drought Preparedness, Intervention and Recovery Project ( DPIRP ). The IDA-financed Emergency Drought Recovery Project (EDRP ) also provided useful insights.
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Mwalimu-G said:
This is a narrative created to justify some things. We talk of affirmative/equalization funds today but we forget these areas used to benefit from the Arid Lands Resource Management Program for many years.

The project ( 1996-2001 - US$22 million credit ) was uniquely designed as a risk management instrument - it conceived the establishment of a viable, government-run system of drought management, through early warning systems, contingency plans, mitigation and quick response. The design also devolved responsibility to the district and community level, encouraging civil servants and other district development actors to empower local communities in the design and implementation of development projects. The project built on the experience of others before it such as the Netherlands-supported Drought Management Project ( DMP ) and subsequently, the Drought Preparedness, Intervention and Recovery Project ( DPIRP ). The IDA-financed Emergency Drought Recovery Project (EDRP ) also provided useful insights.
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DMP was taken up by world Bank and converted to DRSLP back in 2012-2013.
 
Mwalimu-G said:
This is a narrative created to justify some things. We talk of affirmative/equalization funds today but we forget these areas used to benefit from the Arid Lands Resource Management Program for many years.

The project ( 1996-2001 - US$22 million credit ) was uniquely designed as a risk management instrument - it conceived the establishment of a viable, government-run system of drought management, through early warning systems, contingency plans, mitigation and quick response. The design also devolved responsibility to the district and community level, encouraging civil servants and other district development actors to empower local communities in the design and implementation of development projects. The project built on the experience of others before it such as the Netherlands-supported Drought Management Project ( DMP ) and subsequently, the Drought Preparedness, Intervention and Recovery Project ( DPIRP ). The IDA-financed Emergency Drought Recovery Project (EDRP ) also provided useful insights.
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Aah vipi tena, why didn't you quote my full response?
I still stand by the fact the government has always neglected these areas, and has always put less effort.
A lot of the programs are donor funded.
If they weren't neglected and fleeced we wouldn't be having this discussion.

'The country has always neglected these areas and the county governments aren't doing anything about it apart from fleecing funds.'
 
Masgwembe said:
It's time for those camps to be moved to safe areas within Somalia. We cannot continue hosting people who harbor terrorists.

On the other hand, this narrative of the camp closure happens every election season. It's the government's way of raising funds from donors.
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And it is also a way of those NGOs raising funds from unsuspecting Donors.
 
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