Aden Duale has reiterated a declaration by several leaders that Kenya, whose soldiers are part of the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, will not be cowed by al Shabaab.
The al Qaeda-linked militants ambushed a Kenya Defence Forces base in El Adde, Somalia, on January 15, killing dozens of soldiers and reportedly capturing others.
The military is yet to release the official number of casualties but a
killed in the line of duty was erected at Moi Barracks in Eldoret on Wednesday when a memorial service was also held.
Kenyans must unite and stand firm against terrorists whose agenda is division on religious lines, the Garissa Town MP said, and urged Northeastern leaders and residents to supportregional coordinator Mohamud Saleh's security team.
Regarding Garissa University College where 147 people were killed and 79 injured on April 2, 2015, Duale said the region's leaders "will do anything and everything in their power" to ensure the school runs.
Duale, who is also the National Assembly Majority leader, spoke at the university on Friday when he accompanied Water Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa in a tour.
The MP lauded
Water CS Eugene Wamalwa for touring the county for the second time since he took office in July 2015.
“We want to see the Health minister open a hospital at the university, the Lands minister present a title deed to the institution, the Infrastructure minister
commission the construction of roads in the university and the Energy minister
launch streets lights,” he said.
“It is time for our Cabinet Secretaries to stand with us in this mammoth campaign to help Garissa university get back on its feet,” he said.
Duale cautioned a member of the Moi University senate against sacking the institution's support staff.
Garissa university is a constituent college of Moi University
"When everyone else left after the terror attack, the support staff remained behind and kept the compound neat," he said.
“You cannot purport to sack them now. These are the men and women who kept this institution going. I am telling that council member that you cannot sack the support staff now."
The college was reopened on January 4, 2016.
The story has been updated