Former Permanent Secretary (PS) Prof James Ole Kiyiapi is in mourning after his sibling was killed in Somalia.
Speaking via social media, the 2013 presidential aspirant revealed that his younger brother who serves in the military was among the nine Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldiers who were killed during an attack by al-Shabaab militants on Monday, 14th March 2022.
The troops were killed when a vehicle they were travelling in was hit by an explosive in Gherille in Gedo in Somalia.
“I am in shock and in mourning. My young Brother JOHNSON OLEMOI KIYIAPI was among other soldiers killed in Somalia yesterday, through an improvised explosive device,” he wrote on his Twitter post.
“They paid the ultimate price and NO news item on who they are – they die incognito” he added.
According to officials, five others were injured in the incident that happened Monday afternoon.
The lorry was in a convoy that had drawn water from a point inside Kenya and was crossing into Somalia for use when it happened at about 1 pm.
Details of the incident were scanty and the military at the Department of Defence headquarters did not comment on the same immediately.
Images of the affected lorry showed it had been badly damaged.
Officials said the Kenya Army troops who were injured were flown to Nairobi for medical attention.
