“Some people were caught by stray bullets while in the Kenyan territory as they were going about their business,” he said.
He reiterated remarks by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, that this was a war Kenya was un-involved in.
“It is happening inside Somalia and not Kenya. There was no fighting on Kenyan soil. It is an isolated factional war within Somalia,” Ohito told KTN News.
He also confirmed that communication networks had been disconnected in the north-eastern town and phones jammed.
The Government has yet to give reason for disabling communication yesterday.
Mandera County Chief of Staff David Ohito in an interview with KTN News.