Bomb experts from the military yesterday detonated a bomb found in a plot at Kaptembwa residential area, Nakuru County.
Police officers were ups and downs trying to control hundreds of residents hovering around the area, eager to see how it happens.
The owner of the plot where the explosive was found said his employee discovered it while tilling the piece of land.
"I had paid a worker to prepare the plot for planting. After an hour the man called me to say he had found an object resembling a bomb weighing over five kilos,” said Mr Langat, the owner of the plot in question, as quoted by the Standard.
Mr Langat took the necessary actions by informing the police about what they had discovered from his plot. The police requested assistance from the Bomb Disposal Unit, from the Gilgil military barracks.
The experts later discovered indeed it was a bomb and it was still alive.
“(It) can cause mass destruction to buildings within a 300m radius. We have to bury it several feet underground and detonate it remotely,” said one of the bomb experts, as quoted by the Standard.