One of the victims being wheeled to hospital after gun attack at Kainuk in Turkana South on May 1, 2022. [Bakari Ang’ela, Standard]Eight passengers and a matatu driver have been hospitalised after gunmen sprayed their vehicle with bullets at Kainuk, Turkana South on the Kapenguria-Lodwar Road. The victims’ public service vehicle, which is a 14-seater matatu, was heading to Lodwar from Kitale, when the gunmen struck a few minutes past noon on Sunday, May 1. Turkana South Sub-County Police Commander Robert Kibuchi told The Standard that the assailants were seven in number, and were all armed with rifles. According to the Turkana South police boss, the previously rampant cases of highway robbery in Kainuk had reduced significantly of late.

Source: Standard Digital May 02, 2022 05:01 UTC