Kenyatta was speaking on Thursday during the State of the Nation address.
Salah Farah was the deputy head teacher of the Mandera township primary school. In December 2015, according to survivors, Farah was shot by al-Shabaab militants after refusing to be separated from Christians during the raid. He died on Jan. 19.
In similar attacks in the area, militants have killed Christians and spared Muslims. On Nov. 22, militants killed 28 non-Muslims after separating them from Muslims during a raid on a Nairobi-bound bus.
Al-Shabab is a terrorist group that is an affiliate of the Al Qaeda and is based in Somalia.
Source: World Bulletin