On Saturday night, bodyguards attached to President William Ruto's national security advisor and shot and killed a gunman who attacked them along Mwingi-Garissa Highway.
The guards are also attached to former Defence Cabinet Secretary Dr Monica Juma
More details have emerged about how the shooting occured.
A gunman believed to be from Somalia attacked two police officers while driving an official Prado along Mwingi-Garissa Highway.
The officers were heading to Monica’s rural home when the incident happened, officials said.
She was not on board the car at the time of the incident.
The officers shot and killed the gunman and recovered a rifle with 23 bullets, two pairs of shoes, sufuria with foodstuffs, and a knife in a dramatic confrontation in Nguni, Mwingi, Kitui County.
Police said they suspect the slain man was a terrorist who had lost his direction.
He was using a torch to flag down the cars.
A solar panel, scissors, a pen, and a black bag pack containing 38 rounds of ammunition were also retrieved from the scene.
Other recovered items included seven notes of Somali currency, Sh2,800, two mobile phones, and one extended cartridge.
The gunman had earlier attacked a water bowser driver and tried to rob him forcing him to drive through with a punctured tyre.
The shooting prompted him to accelerate and after driving for about 800 meters, he spotted police officers who he tried to warn them of the impending danger in vain.
A few meters ahead, the police officers attached to Monica were accosted by the gunman who held them at gunpoint and ordered them out of the vehicle.
They were flagged down by the gunman who had shot into the air to warn them.
During the incident, the lone gunman fired three rounds prompting the officers to return fire, which eventually fatally injured the robber, police said.
In the process, the official car attached to the Ministry of Interior that the officers were using was hit twice in the rear side.
One of the officers opened fire at close range as the gunman tried to escape the scene killing him.
Police said the gunman could be part of al Shabaab who have been operating in the area and had strayed from Garissa to the region.
The body was taken to a local mortuary pending autopsy and further analysis.
Senior officers from Mwingi visited the scene as part of the probe into the drama.
The area has been experiencing terror-related attacks that left dozens of people killed. Others were injured in the attacks.
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