He was flown on Wednesday by a hired fixed-wing light aeroplane following a recommendation by doctors.
The two officers were among a team of eight officers under the multi-agency team consisting of police and Kenya Revenue Authority and were patrolling there when they intercepted two foreigners for questioning on Monday.
Witnesses said it was then that when Somali National Army (SNA) manning their side about 10 meters away disrupted the interview and later five of them started to fire at the Kenyan team.
Officials said they shot and injured two who were later taken to hospital for treatment. The motive of the shooting is yet to be explained so far.
The two officers are currently nursing gunshot wounds at the Mandera Referral hospital.
According to police, while one officer was shot on both legs below the lower limb, the other sustained injuries on the left lower limb.
Top security officers visited the scene and cautioned Kenyan officers against retaliating.
A team of senior officers has been sent to the area to establish how and why the incident happened.
Officials said SNA personnel at Bulahawa in Somalia side have been hostile to the Kenyan team.
Last week there was fighting between SNA and those from the Jubaland which left many injured in Bulahawa.
Somalia accused Kenya of hosting the Jubaland troops to destabilize their country but Kenya denied the claims.
On January 28, government spokesman Cyrus Oguna said allegations that Kenya is sponsoring and harbouring militia with objectives of destabilizing Somalia are not based on any merit.
“As a people, Kenyans are known over the world for their generosity and hospitality, perhaps more so by Somalis who have found refuge in this country for more than two decades. While in the country, they continue to enjoy almost equal privileges as Kenyans.
“Due to this, it is here more Somalis run to whenever violence breaks out in their country. They still do cross over to seek certain services even in situations where there is relative calm in that country,” Oguna said.
He said that every single day, 3,000 learners cross to Kenya to seek education. Besides the 3,000 learners, 8,000 individuals cross to Mandera for business.
Over 500 mothers and the elderly cross over to seek medical services.
“We also have 270,000 Somalis in our refugee camps out of which 81,000 are urban refugees doing business. Therefore, if this is a country they run to in situations of violence, how can it be the same country that is destabilising that country? It beats logic, honestly,” the spokesperson said. Somalia has not had a stable government after the fall of Siad Barre in 1991.
Source:the-star.co.ke/news/2021-02-04