Terrorists' last movements, Insider's terror account, CS' yes to rasta girl: Your Breakfast Briefing

Good Morning.

Residents of Guango Estate were shocked to learn that their "ever jovial, humble and harmless neighbour" might have been the mastermind of the Dusit Hotel terror attack.

On Wednesday, Special Forces from the National Police Service combed through the house to piece together information in their latest attempt to unmask the terrorists behind the attack.

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

2 Dusit killers were from Kiambu, Nyeri

After 19 hours of terror, gunfire, bloodshed and confusion, the siege at the DusitD2 hotel complex ended as it emerged that two of the attackers are from Kiambu and Nyeri.

 Police are also pursuing a man seen on CCTV having lunch with six of the suspects at Chicken Inn at Oilibya on Limuru Road just hours before the other six attacked the 14 Riverside Drive complex. 

Investigators were busy yesterday piecing together details about 26-year-old Eric Kinyanjui, who is said to come from Ngecha Village in Limuru, and Farouk, reported to have been born and bred in Majengo slum in Nyeri.

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My ordeal at Dusit

Tuesday was one of those busy days. I was in the office by 7am, but left soon after for an early morning event, and then a meeting.

It was not until about 1pm that I got back to our 14 Riverside offices and settled down to get some work done.

Besides a couple of tasks to dispense with, I also needed to return my university graduation gown, since it was well past deadline and penalties were accumulating.

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Linturi's daughter wants orders barring her father from entering Runda home discharged

The firstborn daughter of Meru Senator Mithika Linturi says her father’s estranged wife Marriane Kitany was cruel and hostile during the time she stayed in the palatial Runda home.

In an affidavit, the Senator's daughter says her father introduced Kitany to her and her siblings on or around December 2017 and her mother, who was estranged from her father, was not staying with them at the Runda home.

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Rastafarian girl should be allowed back to school without cutting dreadlocks - CS

Education CS Amina Mohamed has said a Rastafarian girl should be allowed to return to school without having to cut her dreadlocks.

Amina told the Star in an interview on Tuesday that the girl "is entitled to education" and "should be allowed to back to school".

Olympic High School in Nairobi sent the girl home on January 10 and ordered her to report back only after shaving off the dreadlocks, considered part of the Rastafarian religion.

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More than 40 companies affected in the 14 riverside attack, complex closed

14 Riverside office and leisure complex attacked on Tuesday afternoon by Terrorists has officially been closed until further notice.

Dusit2 Hotel, where the incident took place is relocating guests and upcoming reservations to nearby hotels as police seal off the area for investigation.

At least 40 companies situated at the office complex were caught up in the terror attack which took security forces about 18 hours to contain.

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