Uganda condemns attack on Garissa University, Kenya

Apr 05, 2015

The Government of Uganda has condemned the terror attack on Garissa University in Kenya, saying the terrorism threat by extremist forces is one of the most urgent problems facing our region.

By Vision Reporter

The Government of Uganda has condemned the terror attack on Garissa University in Kenya, saying the terrorism threat by extremist forces is one of the most urgent problems facing our region.
 
"This attack on Garissa University is an attack not only on Kenya but on our entire region,"   President  Yoweri Museveni said in a statement.
 
Kenya government said 147 people were killed in the attack.
 
 
 
THE PRESS STATEMENT

UGANDA CONDEMNS ATTACK ON GARISSA UNIVERSITY
KAMPALA, 3RD APRIL, 2015
 
The Government of Uganda strongly condemns yesterday’s terror attack on Garissa University in Kenya.
 
We have learnt with shock and horror that gunmen invaded Garissa University near Kenya’s border with Somalia on Thursday in a brutal and senseless terror attack, killing scores of  students who were just getting up to start the day. The terrorist group, al Shabaab, unashamedly announced that they were behind this criminal attack.
 
The terrorism threat by extremist forces is one of the most urgent problems facing our region. It therefore, calls for a common strategy and joint efforts by all the countries in our region to fight and defeat the terrorist forces that are determined to roll back the gains we have together been making. 
 
This attack on Garissa University is an attack not only on Kenya but on our entire region. The students massacred at Garissa are citizens of Kenya, but they are the children of all of us in the region, who were preparing to take on various roles to move our region forward. 
The Government and people of Uganda stand with the government and people of Kenya at this moment as they try to deal with the tragedy at Garrissa University.  
 
We commend the contribution that Kenya, under AMISOM, continues to make to fight terrorism in Somalia as we all work together to rid our region of terrorism. Uganda will continue to work with Kenya and all other countries of the region to move forward the frontiers of peace and eliminate terrorism from our midst.
 
Our prayers are with the families of the people who were brutally murdered in this attack as well as those who were injured. May this horrendous massacre of our children not break our spirit in the struggle against terrorism and extremism but, instead, strengthen our resolve even further and bring us closer together.
 
On behalf of the people of Uganda, the government of Uganda, and on my own behalf, may I extend our deepest condolences to the people of Kenya as they mourn the loss of their beloved ones.
 
May God rest their souls in eternal peace.
 
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA
 
 

HE Press Statement Garissa University Kenya 3 April 2015 by The New Vision

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