[4] It was the first and only public post-secondary school to offer approved university degree courses in the North Eastern Province.
[7] The attackers claimed to be from the Al-Shabaab terrorist group and indicated that they were retaliating over non-Muslims occupying Muslim territory.
[9] The following day, national and county leaders agreed to suspend courses at the college indefinitely, to allow security services to investigate the attack.
[11] Jacob Kaimenyi, Kenya's Education cabinet secretary, urged students from the teacher training college to return to the Garissa campus which was re-opened on 5 May 2015 with improved security.
[12] The governor of Homa Bay County, Cyprian Awiti, decided to award KSh.