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KPLC driver survives IED attack along Mandera-Takaba road
MANDERA—A Kenya Power and Lightning Company driver missed death by whisker after his car was nearly hit by an IED in Mandera County.
The driver was driving to Takaba from Mandera when the incident happened. It’s reported that he was alone in the Toyota Landcruiser during the attack.
“The vehicle was slightly damaged, but the driver is safe,” Lafey Deputy County Commissioner Eric Oronyi, while confirming the incident, said.
The driver reported that while along the highway between Chabi and Bamboo villages, he saw a suspicious heap of soil on the road and as he swerved it exploded.
In 2017, Kenya Power lost a vehicle to Al-Shabaab militants in Elwak town and it has never been recovered.
Two armed militants seized the vehicle as it left the Elwak solar power plant and drove it towards Somalia after throwing out the driver.
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