Attacker a soldier's son, 100% transition stalls, Wanjigi wins gun case: Your Breakfast Briefing

Good Morning.

Chief Justice David Maraga has urged the seven members of the Public Service Commission to work hard without fear as per the Constitution to ensure that the public gets value for their resources and enjoys a good life.

Speaking during the Swearing-in of the PSC members at the Supreme Court, Maraga said the Judiciary is open to working closely with the PSC to help it perform its work effectively.

Here are the stories making headlines in the Star this Friday morning.

KDF soldier shocked his son joined al Shabaab

The father of one of the DusitD2 terror attack Ali Salim Gichunge alias Farouk has told the police that he didn't know his son had joined Somali based terror group al Shabaab.

Ali Gichuge, a KDF sergeant, has told the police investing that Dusit hotel complex attack that he lost touch with his son in 2015 and was surprised to learn that he was among the five people who launched an audacious attack on a luxury hotel complex along 14 Riverside on Tuesday.

Nine people have been arrested following the attack that killed at least 21 people.  Red Cross said yesterday that all the 50 people who had been reported missing had been accounted for.

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Tedious process of body identification in Chiromo mortuary

A sombre mood continued to engulf Chiromo Mortuary for the second day yesterday as family members of the DusitD2 hotel attack victim sought to identify the bodies of their loved ones. 

The relatives were not just bogged down by the heavy weight of their loss but also the long wait they had to endure to identify the bodies of their loved ones. 

The long wait was occasioned by the postmortem procedures that pathologists led by chief government chemist Johansen Oduor had to undertake on the bodies.

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Wanjigi wins against Matiang'i in firearm revocation case

The High Court yesterday quashed the decision by the Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i to revoke businessman Jimmi Wanjigi’s firearm certificate.

Justice John Mativo ruled that the decision in the letter dated January 30 that revoked Wanjigi's licence was illegal.

He said that Wanjigi had demonstrated sufficient grounds to warrant the court to grant him judicial review reliefs sought.

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300k Form One students yet to report - CS Amina

At least 309,700 pupils who sat last year’s KCPE exam are still at home even as the deadline for admission elapses today.

Education CS Amina Mohamed said 70 per cent of the 1,032,334 pupils had been admitted to various categories of secondary schools as at January 11.

She, however, exuded confidence that the number will drastically reduce after the one-week reporting extension given by the government.

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Project to revitalise Nairobi stalls as team confronts major hurdles

The much-hyped Nairobi regeneration programme has stalled, the Star has learnt.

A source familiar with the situation described a programme lacking focus, direction and action.

“There is nothing much happening. We’ve been like passengers in a car that has stalled. Things started going slowly last year due to court cases, funding and politics,” the source, whose institution was to provide coordination, told the Star.

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