The county commissioner instructed chiefs and Nyumba Kumi elders to remain focused to ensure criminals are apprehended.

County Commissioner Mohamed Mwabudzo police on standby repulsed the militants and that there were casualties.

Works on the road, which is part of Lapsset Corridor, were halted following the El Nino rains that left a trail of destruction last year.

Garissa County Commissioner Mohamed Mwabudzo also urged the livestock farmers to consider crop farming as an alternative.