There was joy at Bosansa village in Sameta Sub County, Kisii County, as residents celebrated the return of their son who survived the April 2 Al Shabaab terror group attack on Garissa University College.
The residents turned up in large numbers to welcome Ronald Magembe Morang’a who had been hospitalised as he was wounded by a bullet that went through his jaws during the incident that left 148 people, mainly students, dead.
The 21year-old second year Bachelors of Education (Arts) student narrated his harrowing experience that cost him three fingers, and left him deaf in one ear.
“I ask the government and well wishers to help me get my life to normalcy because even now I am still not ready to get back to school,” said Magembe.
He said he needs a hearing aid as recommended by his doctor, and psychosocial support like counselling, to help him return to normalcy.
“For now I urge the management of my learning institution to allow me be accompanied by an aide who can wash my clothes and cook for me since my hands have been incapacitated,” he said.
He explained that he is still experiencing nightmares, dizziness and any loud noise startles him before he falls whenever he feels scared.
His father Cosmas Morang’a noted that whereas he was happy to have his son alive, he would rather have him get scholarship outside the country.
“The impact of terror attack has left my son devastated and cut off my hopes of having someone to take care of me in old age,” said Morang’a.