About five gunmen disarmed a prison officer at his house in Lainya County on Friday evening.
Lainya County commissioner, Augustino Kiri Gwolo says the attackers fired several random bullets, Radio Easter reports.
Fortunately, the shooting did not cause any causality, he explains.
Kiri says security measures have been tightened to protect citizens.
He urges Lainya residents to immediately report any security inconvenience to local authorities.
Commissioner Kiri discloses that some gunmen attacked travellers along Lainya-Juba road on Saturday morning.
He says they have not yet received details about the incident.
Last week, the so called unknown gunmen killed about six travellers along Lainya-Juba road.