Two soldiers were killed but the official, Ali Roba, is unhurt.

Al Shabab’s sworn to revenge Kenya getting militarily involved in Somali government efforts to oust the jihadis.

So it’s launched several deadly cross border raids into Mandera.

Al Shabaab’s military operations spokesman Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab says his fighters hit the convoy travelling between Mandera and Wajir, two northeastern Kenyan towns close to the porous border with Somalia.

Kenya’s military forces says the governor’s convoy was attacked but its forces were not engaged.

The governor has been campaigning strongly for security to be stepped up against attacks from across the border.

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