'Caption this': Pogba deletes cryptic post after Mourinho axed bit.ly/2GvXyjk

Ruto opposes plan to merge counties https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Ruto-opposes-plan-to-merge-counties/1056-4901254-u2ce9l/index.html

Barcelona star told to wear Adidas or face fine bit.ly/2R7Ksgm

Key witnesses in TV actor's murder disappear https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Key-witnesses-in-TV-actor-murder-disappear/1056-4901614-9qpgtfz/index.html

Detectives arrest 3 for trying to extort money from TSC boss bit.ly/2R4bVzq

KNUT SAYS transfer of over 3,000 head-teachers irregular; Wilson Sossion claims delocalisation not approved by TSC appointment board.

KNUT ISSUES teachers strike notice over alleged violation of labour rights by TSC; Wilson Sossion says job boycott to start on January 2, 2019. bit.ly/2R4L3zn

ANTI-CORRUPTION court declines to gag the media from covering Sh409m Kenya Power faulty transformers case after exposing blunders in DCI probe.

Manchester United appoints Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as caretaker manager bit.ly/2R46pNg

State honours AP officer who rehabilitates drug addicts http://bit.ly/2R9uS3y

RUGENE: To the women who went out of their way to improve womenfolk https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/women-who-went-out-of-their-way-to-improve-womenfolk/440808-4900974-x0aj7fz/index.html

EXIM BANK of China may take over Mombasa port if Kenya fails to service the loan it took to build SGR, says report by Auditor-General Edward Ouko.

CHIEF AMONG 22 arrested over recent Narok ethnic violence that left one dead, 15 hurt and many houses burnt, County Commissioner Natembeya says.

EU pumps Sh1.8bn into Africa internet project https://www.nation.co.ke/news/africa/EU-pumps-Sh1-8bn-into-Africa-internet-project/1066-4902100-e0cro4/index.html

Kenya could lose the port of Mombasa to the Chinese government if Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) defaults in the payment of Sh227 billion owed to Exim Bank of China. https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Chinese-may-take-Mombasa-Port--Ouko/1056-4902162-xfphu7z/index.html

LABOUR COURT stops planned deduction of 1.5 percent housing levy from private and public sector employees until case filed by Cotu is determined.

Tough war in bid to end FGM in Meru https://www.nation.co.ke/counties/meru/Tough-war-in-fight-against-FGM-Meru/1183302-4902434-15ltr01z/index.html

The government’s plan to effect the deduction of a 1.5 percent housing levy, from all employees in the public and private sectors starting January, has been suspended. https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Labour-court-halts-housing-levy/1056-4902430-rmdm22z/index.html

DPP APPROVES prosecution of senior officials of KPA Retirement Benefits Scheme over fraudulent purchase of 100 acres of land in Kikambala at Sh700m.

The director of public prosecutions has approved money laundering and four other charges against management, trustees and an advocate of the Kenya Ports Authority Retirement Benefits Scheme, 2012. bit.ly/2EwVHZ1

STATE ACCUSES ex-transport CS Michael Kamau of forum shopping for judges to quash his Sh33 million corruption case, wants appeal rejected.