• The stories making headlines in the Star this morning.
Good morning,
“Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone."
Those were the words of Court of Appeal Judge Philip Waki on Friday after he upheld a lower court decision allowing members of the gay community to formally register their organisation.
Waki cited the Book of John 8:7 in which Jesus responded to Pharisees after they caught an adulteress.
Here are the other stories making headlines in the Weekend Star this morning.
Today's top stories in the Star.
Uhuru to Ruto: I will spare none to crash graft
The anti-graft axe will spare no one, including my closest political allies, President Uhuru Kenyatta vowed on Friday in a warning widely interpreted to be directed at his Deputy William Ruto and his allies.
The head of state warned the corrupt, saying he is ready to fight his “closest political ally, brother or sister” if they steal from Kenyans.
Kenya:Tough choices ahead of 2022 polls
Four crucial issues confront Kenya in a high-octane-41-month marathon to shape the country's political landscape.
Smarting from a twin divisive presidential run, Kenya is poised to deliver on a population census, constitutional review, boundary delimitation and the epic 2022 General Election.
Greedy traders torch city markets
Why are Nairobi markets like Toi and Gikomba destroyed in arson fires that keep breaking out?
Yes, they are warrens of flimsy wood and, mabati shops, firetraps with dangerous flammable material and illegal electricity connections. Hundreds of thousands of people depend on them for a living.
Mystery of dealing with child sex offenders
Should a child who is accused of a sexual offence be sent to jail like any other wrongdoer, or be excused in the hope that they will mend their ways?
This is the legal dilemma judges and magistrates are finding themselves in that has led to contradictory decisions being issued.
Protests against graft purge a national shame
The political noise from a section of the Rift Valley politicians over 2022 Uhuru succession politics and the ongoing anti-graft purge is baffling.
For them to run berserk and launch a bitter campaign to demonise their own government because the authorities have stepped up the war against looting of public cash to the detriment of the state and the citizenry, something must be very wrong with their mental faculties.