3 FAMILIES who were paid Sh9,151 per acre for their land in Othaya by the government to pave way for construction of a hospital lose bid for more compensation.

KENYA NATIONAL Union of Nurses in Nairobi issue strike notice over transfers and lack of promotions; say they will down tools on December 10.

BONIFACE MWAKIO, 53, arrested over murder of his 77-year-old father; claims he acted on defence after his father attempted to sexually assault him.

MERU COURT fines Joseph Muriithi Sh20 million or life imprisonment after finding him guilty of being in possession of two elephant tusks.

AG KIHARA Kariuki stops Education CS Amina Mohamed from lowering the entry grade to teachers training colleges; says mandate belongs to TSC.

Knut wants Mudzo Nzili out of NHIF board https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Knut-wants-Mudzo-Nzili-out-of-NHIF-board/1056-4874604-1skj2jz/index.html

US serial killer 'confesses to 90 murders' https://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/US-serial-killer-confesses-to-90-murders/1068-4874576-t6reff/index.html

GRIEF HITS Miyare village, Migori County after two siblings aged 6 and 8 drown in a dam while fetching water.

APPEALS COURT suspends order requiring the government to pay Sh1.76bn in compensation to 4,600 fishermen in Lamu affected by the Lapsset project.

Appeals court suspends Sh1.76bn Lapsset pay order bit.ly/2DRmM8O

EACC NOMINATES ex-military intelligence officer Twalib Abdallah Mbarak to be next CEO at the graft agency; awaits approval by the National Assembly.

Who ate what? Election chiefs expose the rot http://epaper.nationmedia.com/

FLYING SQUAD arrests Police Constable Elias Shikuku, a DCI officer in Pokot South, over claims of stealing, selling a Toyota Land Cruiser in 2017.

DCI ARRESTS 4 more suspects linked to electronic fraud that saw several Saccos lose millions of shillings; total arrests reach 13.

E. AFRICA may lose its crown as cradle of mankind as archaeologists in Algeria discover stone tools that may be up to 2.4 million years old.

I won't meet with you, Trump tells Putin https://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Donald-Trump-calls-off-Vladmir-Putin-meeting/1068-4875164-6c4dvu/index.html

3 CHINESE linked to SGR ticketing scandal and charged with giving a Sh900,000 bribe to influence probe denied bond; to be locked up in Mombasa.

POLICE OFFICERS attached to Governor Lonyangapuo and his home withdrawn after he stormed a road block and forcefully freed a boda-boda rider.

Who ate what: IEBC bosses expose the rot https://www.nation.co.ke/news/IEBC-bosses-expose-the-rot/1056-4875110-va5nnpz/index.html

Cars left in police yards to be sold https://www.nation.co.ke/counties/nyeri/Unclaimed-cars-in-police-yards-to-be-sold/1954190-4875402-1284eokz/index.html