• The stories making headlines in the Star this morning.
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Grieving relatives and friends who flew to Addis Ababa in hopes of retrieving something are a devastated lot following news delivered by Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam.
His bad news to relatives of the Sunday plane crash victims is that most of the bodies of the 157 people including 32 Kenyans who perished will never be recovered, identified and buried.
Gebremariam said most of the bodies were reduced to ashes by the intense heat of the fire and only a few pieces have been recovered.
Here are the other stories making headlines in the Star this morning.
Today's top stories in the Star.
Families demand answers over Juja police killings
The Independent Policing Oversight Authority on Thursday started investigating the shootings in Juja, Kiambu, that claimed five lives.
Police say the five civilians who were shot dead near Sewage were heavily armed and planned to raid Lexi petrol station. Family, friends and colleagues say the deceased were innocent and have demanded answers.
Plot to assassinate Ruto on the cards if efforts to paint him as corrupt fails, says MP Sudi
Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi sensationally claimed that those plotting to block DP William Ruto from ascending to the presidency are out to stop at nothing to achieve their goal.
“They have been scheming all manner of things and we know even plans to kill him cannot be ruled out,” he told the Star while dismissing DPP Noordin Haji's publicised breakdown of graft list by ethnic groups.
Ouko queries Sh2.3bn at Woman Reps' fund
Auditor General Edward Ouko has painted a gloomy picture on the utilisation of taxpayers money by Woman Representatives.
In his audit report on the last financial year, Ouko says that the taxpayer may have lost Sh2.3 billion of the Sh8.3 billion disbursed to the National Government Affirmative Action Fund.
Why JamboPay won't collect city revenue
Political interference, negative publicity and mistrust caused JamboPay to refuse to renew its e-revenue collection contract with City Hall.
Web Tribe CEO Danson Muchemi said on Wednesday that "certain political figures", whom he did not name, wanted to meddle in company's operations.
Kenya to introduce new poultry products policy
The government has proposed new regulations include listing eggs and poultry products as sensitive products, and importers to get approval from Agriculture CS.
China and Uganda are the top markets that sell eggs to Kenya, despite the country having a surplus of 400 million eggs annually.