Star Today, Author at Star Today https://startoday.co.ke/author/michaelmarosi/ Latest Kenya news Wed, 11 Mar 2020 14:58:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 https://startoday.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Star-Today-Icon.jpg Star Today, Author at Star Today https://startoday.co.ke/author/michaelmarosi/ 32 32 178011034 Why Ruto is under fire over fake military deal https://startoday.co.ke/711/why-ruto-is-under-fire-over-fake-military-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-ruto-is-under-fire-over-fake-military-deal https://startoday.co.ke/711/why-ruto-is-under-fire-over-fake-military-deal/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:45:44 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=711 At the imposing Harambee House Annex, the office of Deputy President William Ruto, hawk-eyed sentries keep vigil. From clearance by uniformed officers to plainclothes police, entering the DP’s office is no walk in the park. Right from the two gates, a police pass is mandatory. A more rigorous questioning is at the reception. You either […]

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]]> https://startoday.co.ke/711/why-ruto-is-under-fire-over-fake-military-deal/feed/ 2 711 Coronavirus: China announces drop in new cases for third straight day https://startoday.co.ke/708/coronavirus-china-announces-drop-in-new-cases-for-third-straight-day/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronavirus-china-announces-drop-in-new-cases-for-third-straight-day https://startoday.co.ke/708/coronavirus-china-announces-drop-in-new-cases-for-third-straight-day/#comments Sun, 16 Feb 2020 08:23:42 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=708 China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day. On Sunday, authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 142 more deaths nationwide. New cases spiked earlier in the week after a change in the way they were counted but have been falling ever since. In total more than […]

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]]> https://startoday.co.ke/708/coronavirus-china-announces-drop-in-new-cases-for-third-straight-day/feed/ 3 708 Poor services at NHIF linked to corruption, mismanagement https://startoday.co.ke/704/poor-services-at-nhif-linked-to-corruption-mismanagement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poor-services-at-nhif-linked-to-corruption-mismanagement https://startoday.co.ke/704/poor-services-at-nhif-linked-to-corruption-mismanagement/#comments Sun, 16 Feb 2020 08:07:38 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=704 Mismanagement of funds, fraud and abuse of office are some of the major bottlenecks hindering provision of quality services at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). A Health Financing Reforms Expert Panel (Hefrep) report exclusively obtained by the Sunday Nation indicates that the fund has several organisational weaknesses that affect its operations. “The current arrangement does not […]

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]]> https://startoday.co.ke/704/poor-services-at-nhif-linked-to-corruption-mismanagement/feed/ 3 704 Ruto throws Echesa under the bus in Sh39.5 billion scam https://startoday.co.ke/701/ruto-throws-echesa-under-the-bus-in-sh39-5-billion-scam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruto-throws-echesa-under-the-bus-in-sh39-5-billion-scam Sun, 16 Feb 2020 08:04:28 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=701 Deputy President William Ruto has disassociated himself from a Sh39 billion military equipment tender scam former Sports CS Rashid Echesa has been adversely mentioned in. Echesa is a close ally of the Deputy President. Ruto lashed out at the Standard newspaper which ran a story linking him to the scam. The DP took to social […]

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]]> 701 Revealed: Kenyan was killed in Manda Shabaab attack https://startoday.co.ke/682/revealed-kenyan-was-killed-in-manda-shabaab-attack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=revealed-kenyan-was-killed-in-manda-shabaab-attack https://startoday.co.ke/682/revealed-kenyan-was-killed-in-manda-shabaab-attack/#comments Wed, 08 Jan 2020 09:01:02 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=682 A Kenyan national was killed during the Sunday dawn terrorist attack on Manda-Magogoni military base on Manda Bay Island in Lamu, the Nationcan reveal. Mwalimu Chengo was sprayed with five bullets by the militants in Magogoni, Hindi Ward, as they approached the camp. Multiple reliable sources, including government officials in Lamu, confirmed to the Nation […]

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]]> https://startoday.co.ke/682/revealed-kenyan-was-killed-in-manda-shabaab-attack/feed/ 1 682 Waititu, Lenolkulal lose appeals on accessing office https://startoday.co.ke/673/waititu-lenolkulal-lose-appeals-on-accessing-office/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=waititu-lenolkulal-lose-appeals-on-accessing-office https://startoday.co.ke/673/waititu-lenolkulal-lose-appeals-on-accessing-office/#comments Fri, 20 Dec 2019 08:01:12 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=673 Governors Moses Lenolkulal  and Ferdinard Waititu have suffered another blow after the Court of Appeal upheld a ruling barring them from accessing office. Appeal judges on Friday said that says order is a constructive measure and does not amount to removal from office. Lenolkulal had in July appealed against Justice Mumbi Ngugi’s decision to decline […]

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]]> https://startoday.co.ke/673/waititu-lenolkulal-lose-appeals-on-accessing-office/feed/ 642 673 President Kenyatta hails Sub-County schools for improved KCSE performance https://startoday.co.ke/670/president-kenyatta-hails-sub-county-schools-for-improved-kcse-performance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=president-kenyatta-hails-sub-county-schools-for-improved-kcse-performance https://startoday.co.ke/670/president-kenyatta-hails-sub-county-schools-for-improved-kcse-performance/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2019 05:45:37 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=670 President Uhuru Kenyatta has commended Sub-County schools in the country for posting a remarkable improvement in this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination. The President said the improvement is as a result of the enhanced Government investment in the education sector and backs efforts to ensure 100 percent transition from primary to secondary […]

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]]> https://startoday.co.ke/670/president-kenyatta-hails-sub-county-schools-for-improved-kcse-performance/feed/ 184 670 Exposed: How preacher’s son made Sh2.7 billion fortune https://startoday.co.ke/666/exposed-how-preachers-son-made-sh2-7-billion-fortune/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=exposed-how-preachers-son-made-sh2-7-billion-fortune https://startoday.co.ke/666/exposed-how-preachers-son-made-sh2-7-billion-fortune/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2019 16:23:45 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=666 Behind the elegance of a compound in Nairobi’s Garden Estate lies a graveyard of hope that is shared by thousands. Its residents are among Kenya’s new crop of millionaires, if the modern European-style homes and 4×4 ‘toys’ zooming past are anything to go by. At the entrance to the estate, a notice warns that public […]

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]]> https://startoday.co.ke/666/exposed-how-preachers-son-made-sh2-7-billion-fortune/feed/ 1232 666 KCSE exam results to be released Wednesday morning https://startoday.co.ke/663/kcse-exam-results-to-be-released-wednesday-morning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kcse-exam-results-to-be-released-wednesday-morning https://startoday.co.ke/663/kcse-exam-results-to-be-released-wednesday-morning/#comments Wed, 18 Dec 2019 05:48:58 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=663 Education Cabinet Secretary Prof  George Magoha will Wednesday morning release the 2019 KCSE examination results. The results will be  announced three days earlier than was the case last year. A total of 699,745 candidates sat this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. On Monday, Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) board held a meeting to […]

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]]> https://startoday.co.ke/663/kcse-exam-results-to-be-released-wednesday-morning/feed/ 1 663 President Kenyatta launches SGR freight operations to Naivasha, lauds success of railway project https://startoday.co.ke/659/president-kenyatta-launches-sgr-freight-operations-to-naivasha-lauds-success-of-railway-project/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=president-kenyatta-launches-sgr-freight-operations-to-naivasha-lauds-success-of-railway-project Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:51:39 +0000 http://punchline.co.ke/?p=659 NAIROBI, 17 December 2019, (PSCU) — President Uhuru Kenyatta today launched freight service on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Nairobi to Naivasha. The new service now extends SGR freight operations from Mombasa to the Naivasha Inland Container Depot (ICD), taking transit cargo deeper into the country’s hinterland. The launch of the cargo operations comes […]

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