One month later, Garissa University students speak on recovery, kin relive shattered dreams

“Scars are not injuries but a healing. After an injury, a scar is what makes you whole.”

One month today, after the Garissa University attack, these words of British fiction writer China Miéville resonate with eight students still admitted at the Kenyatta National Hospital undergoing specialised treatment. The terrorist attack claimed 148 lives, including 142 of their colleagues.