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After attack two years ago, Garissa is bustling

Soldiers at Garissa University College in Garissa, Kenya PHOTO:COURTESY

April 2,2017  marked the second anniversary of the April 2, 2015 attack on Garissa University by Al Shabaab militias in which 142 students and six security personnel were killed.

The painful memories are still with us but Garissa town has picked up the pieces. For some time after the attack, Garissa was deserted, but life has returned to the town and Garissa University is once again operational.

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