Over 500 students of the Garissa University College who have been admitted at the Moi University, Eldoret campus are still traumatised and need more counseling, Moi University deputy Vice Chancellor Prof Nathan Ogechi has said.
Speaking during an induction session for the students at the University on Tuesday, Prof. Ogechi noted that three-quarters of the students are still traumatised.
He said that the students need more counseling even as they start a new life at the Eldoret campus.
“From the interactions we have been having with the students its clearly that most of them are still in trauma and needs counseling,” he said.
The professor urged well-wishers to come in and help the students adapt to a new system stating that the students went through a rough and traumatising moment when their college was attacked by Al-shabaab militants who also killed 148 students at the campus.
“These students lost their friends, their mentors, their sisters and brothers and clearly the emotional effect is still evident,” he added.
Prof Ogechi said the university has sought services of counselors who will be handling the students as they start their education journeys again.
He said that the Moi University has so far admitted 596 students of the Garissa Campus.
“We expect to admit 650 students by the end of this month before classes start,” he said.
Garissa University College was closed indefinitely following the April terror attack.
Uasin Gishu county commander Mohammed Abdi while touring the Eldoret campus on Monday assured students and staff of their safety.
Abdi said appropriate safety measures have been put in place to promote surveillance in the institution.