• The stories making headlines in the Star this morning.
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President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration has moved to contain ghost projects following the installation of a management system to monitor state ventures.
Starting next financial year, all government projects will have to be logged to the Public Investment Management System (PIMIS) for planning and execution.
Here are the stories making headlines in the Star today.
Njonjo: Kenya's first Attorney General turns 100
Scripture says, "Our days may come to 70 years, or 80 — if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.”
But one man from affluent Kabete has defied those biblical predictions and on Thursday is turning 100.
94 per cent of hospitals lack basic amenities - report
Only six per cent of hospitals have sufficient physical infrastructure and basic amenities essential for quality healthcare services, a report released on Wednesday shows.
The Kenya Harmonised Health Facility Assessment 2018-2019 Report says 94 per cent of hospitals do not have a reliable source of power, improved water source, a room with privacy, adequate sanitation facilities, communication equipment, access to computer with internet and emergency transportation means.
Waititu to face Senate on Tuesday
Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu will appear before the Senate plenary next Tuesday to defend himself even as wrangles within Jubilee threaten to take a heavy toll on him.
Waititu was charged with corruption and barred from accessing from office. He denied any wrongdoing.
We are suffering: Broke KPL players speak out
Former Sony Sugar captain Thomas Harun had hopes of a better life after trading a teaching job for professional football before the season began.
Harun dropped the chalk at the Migori-based Kenya Relief Academy in July last year to join Sony, who had by then landed a deal with Singaporean Information Technology firm, Quantdragon. The sponsorship did not take effect.
UK ends coal power funding, Kenya still keen on Sh200bn coal plant
Plans are still underway for the Sh200 billion Lamu Coal Power Project despite continued resistance both locally and on a global scale.
During the 2020 UK-Africa Investment Summit, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an end to British support for thermal coal mining or coal power plants.