The students broke into tears as the buses slipped out of the military camp where they had lodged since Thursday morning, residents and community members from the area came out in large numbers to see them off.
Garissa Governor Nathif Jama was among county and national government officials who turned up to see them go with heavy security, Mr Jama said he gave out a personal donation of Sh663,000 cash for the lunch of the students (each student got Sh1,000).
"Our enemies are disperate to create unnecessary wedge between Kenyan communities of diverse faith and ethnicity, but they failed as we remain more united", county commissioner Njenga Miiri said.
He appealed for christian communities to be extra vigilant against the terrorist's aim of sparking sectarian violence in the country.
Daily Nation
