Caster Semenya has lost a landmark case against athletics' governing body meaning it will be allowed to restrict testosterone levels in female runners. bit.ly/2PHDBqH

Africa at a glance https://www.nation.co.ke/news/africa/Africa-at-a-glance-/1066-5095762-11mj9jo/index.html

COUNCIL OF Governors vows to block proposal by the National Treasury to reduce shareable revenue to counties by Sh9bn; threaten to move to court.

Despite a larger economy, Kenya's middle class is hardly growing. bit.ly/2PCnfQ2 #NationNewsplex #LabourDay

LABOUR DAY: Government fails to announce pay increase; CS Yatani says negotiations with wages council ongoing and decision to be made soon.

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Poor salaries, corruption haunt Kenyans on Labour Day bit.ly/2PHLOLK #LabourDay

How activists ‘forced’ police to release their colleague after scuttled demos bit.ly/2LgP4PD

Irate residents of Kamaindi Location in Tharaka-Nithi County have killed their chief, by cutting him into pieces and then setting his body on fire following a prolonged dispute. bit.ly/2J7Ptkz

WORLD BANK approves Sh25 billion loan to enhance access to affordable housing finance by Kenyans without long term solutions.

THREE SUSPECTS arrested after Tharaka Nithi chief Mayau Mukengu slashed and set on fire over death of a man in 2018, DCI says.

The World Bank has approved a Sh25 billion loan for Kenyans who are unable to access affordable housing finance. bit.ly/2US1s85

Tharaka chief: POLICE COMMANDER killed while pursuing suspect linked to murder of Tharaka-Nithi chief; attacker shot dead, says Embu police boss Rukunga.

OCS killed while pursuing Tharaka-Nithi chief's killers bit.ly/2UPA5vu

The rise and fall of Kidero https://epaper.nationmedia.com/

It will cost the taxpayer Sh43.63 billion to finance operations of MPs, senators and parliamentary staff in the next financial year, according to estimates tabled in the National Assembly on Tuesday afternoon by Majority Leader Aden Duale. http://bit.ly/2PFVTss

Don't provoke army, Sudan opposition chief warns protesters http://bit.ly/2PH1qz5

A senior police officer was on Wednesday hacked to death in Embu County by a suspect linked to the gruesome murder of a chief in Tharaka-Nithi County. http://bit.ly/2UPA5vu

MPs have cleared Foreign Affairs minister Monica Juma of wrongdoing in the controversial award of the Sh3.5 billion tender for a comprehensive group life insurance cover for police and prison officers. http://bit.ly/2PG0avS

The Labour Day mood was dampened Wednesday as the government did not announce an increase in minimum or general wages as many expected. http://bit.ly/2PG6X8S

Two South Sudanese government critics who disappeared from Nairobi in January 2017 were executed in Juba within a week after their disappearance on a farm owned by President Salva Kiir. http://bit.ly/2PFonT7

TANZANIAN BILLIONAIRE, business mogul, author and philanthropist Reginald Mengi dies at 75; two of his media outlets say he passed on in Dubai.