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The Star is a daily newspaper published in Nairobi, Kenya. It was launched in July 2007 as the Nairobi Star and later rebranded as The Star in 2009. The Star' s circulation was around 15,000–20,000 in 2010 (against total Kenyan newspaper circulation in 2010 of around 320,000), compared to 5,000–8,000 in 2007. [1]
James Murua was born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. He made his debut as a blogger in 2009 with a (now defunct) blog called Nairobiliving.com, and went on to work for The Star newspaper, serving for five years as editor and as a columnist for nine, being voted "Columnist of the Year" in 2009.
Nairobi ( / naɪˈroʊbi / ny-ROH-bee) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nairobi, which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census.
Her work on Shifting Sands received a positive review in the Nairobi Star from Khainga O' Okwemba, who said: "Here is a writer with the patience, perseverance and discipline needed to create vivid characters. Here is a contemporary Kenyan writer capable of bedazzling and cajoling the reader with a skillfully written and scintillating narrative....
Star, a glossy celebrity magazine, originally a supermarket tabloid newspaper. The Star (Chicago newspaper), a Chicago, Illinois, newspaper group. The Star (Florida), a weekly newspaper published in Port St. Joe, Florida, U.S. The Star, an African American paper in Newport News, Virginia. The Star (Tinley Park), Chicago.
The Stanley Hotel (currently called the Sarova Stanley) is a five-star hotel in Nairobi, Kenya.It is the oldest hotel in the city, having been established in 1902 by English businesswoman Mayence Bent, when the city was a railway halt.
On 2 May 2024 President William Ruto promoted Charles Kahariri from a three-star Lieutenant General to a four-star General and elevated him from Vice Chief of Kenya Defence Forces to Chief of Kenya Defence Forces for the next four years. Personal life. He was born on 3 April 1965. Kahariri is married and has three children and one grandson.
The 2019 DusitD2 complex attack was a terrorist attack that occurred from 15 to 16 January 2019 in the Westlands area of Nairobi, Kenya, which left 22 civilians and all five terrorists dead. [7] [8] [9] [10]