Garissa University has assured its new students and parents of adequate security to keep them safe during their 4- year study at the facility noting that enough measures had been put in place to make sure that the events of the 2015 terror attack do not reccur.

Rising from the scars of the attack, the institution is now an oasis of tranquility, resurgence and aspirations.

Currently, apart from a perimeter wall that has been erected around the university, the institution is manned by armed police officers’ day and night.

There is also a completely gazetted police post. There are also scanners which are used for detection where students, staff and visitors are required to produce their identity cards when entering the compound.

The university has admitted 900 new students for various courses pushing the number of total students to at least 5,200.

Speaking during the orientation of the new students, the University vice chancellor Professor Ahmed Warfa said that apart from the establishing a police post at
the facility, the university is also building more hostels within the facility where students can always be safe.

‘We have assured the students that they are going to have a peaceful 4-year study here. We will provide them with enough security, enough accommodation, and enough water supply because we are up to the task,’ Warfa said.

‘The new funding model is going to help our students to pay their school fees which will ease the burden of the parents,’ he added.

The University which is the only one in the region that was given a charter by former President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2017 has a fully-fledged police station with strict access into the institution.

Source: Kenya News Agency