Transport on the Garissa-Mwingi Highway was disrupted Tuesday evening after suspected attackers ambushed a passenger bus near Ukasi, Kitui County. The attack, which involved stones being thrown at the moving bus, shattered its windscreen, prompting other vehicles to stop for safety.

• Transport operations were halted due to the safety fears of travellers and bus operators.
• The incident follows earlier reports of two deaths, including a minor, and a subsequent road blockade by residents.
• This attack is part of escalating tensions and retaliatory violence between two warring communities, with seven residents killed in Tseikuru two days prior.
• The National Police Service, led by Inspector General Douglas Kanja, has dispatched a high-powered security team to the area.