Memorial events were held in Kenya on Saturday, 2 April, as Kenyans marked the anniversary of the day Al-Shabaab militants stormed the university campus in Garissa – in Kenya’s volatile east, near the Somalia border – and slaughtered 147 mostly Christian students.
This follows the welcome dropping of proposed religious laws by the government that would have brought state control of religion in the country. The so-called Religious Societies Rules 2015 were suggested in order to regulate churches and mosques in Kenya.
‘Like it happened yesterday’
A tree-planting ceremony and procession took place at the parent campus, Moi University in Eldoret, in West Kenya, where Garissa students were moved while the university was closed (it re-opened in January). Everlyne planted a tree, despite the fact that she is still recovering from injuries sustained during the attack and moves around with the help of a crutch.
