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Court awards 148 Garissa University terror attack victims Sh3 million each

Security officers man the gate at Garissa University College, April 2, 2015. [File, Standard]

The government's failure to give a plausible counter to an allegation by Garissa University terror attack victims in 2015 is among the reasons the court awarded them at least Sh500 million.

The allegation was that a senior police officer flew his daughter-in-law to Mombasa in a plane that was required to fly special units for the rescue mission.

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