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 has died aged 75. https://t.co/cJfK5FxlBq
Sudanese demonstrators are expected to stage a "million-strong" march on Thursday to press for a civilian administration after talks with military rulers hit a snag. http://bit.ly/2vGDYsB
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the administration of President Donald Trump was prepared to take military action to stem the crisis in Venezuela. http://bit.ly/2vwar4J
Since Mokgadi Caster Semenya shot from being an unknown teenage athlete to become world champion in 2009, her gender, and possible advantages in her biology, have come under fierce scrutiny around the world. http://bit.ly/2PFKicR
Jubilee Party politicians allied to President Uhuru Kenyatta are pushing for a coalition with Opposition chief Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic Movement ahead of the 2022 elections, the Nation has learnt. http://bit.ly/2PKjCYn
Rise and fall of Evans Kidero https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Rise-and-fall-of-Evans-Kidero/1056-5096516-egbqu0z/index.html
BETTING BOARD bans outdoor and social media gambling adverts, TV ads from 6am to 10pm, and endorsement of bets and their firms by celebrities bit.ly/2PJEH5h
Detectives are now waiting for the Government Chemist to determine the content of a mystery drink found in the car driven by Nairobi lawyer Assa Nyakundi on the day (March 17, 2019) he shot dead his son Joseph Bogonko. http://bit.ly/2PHtNNB
BLOW TO anti-corruption tsar John Githongo as High Court orders him to pay ex-Minister Chris Murungaru Sh27m for defamation; activist vows appeal bit.ly/2vGZm0R
Villagers flee as police hunt for Tharaka-Nithi chief’s killers bit.ly/2vvum3C
The government is lobbying for a multi-sectoral approach to arrest escalating cases of suicide in Nyandarua County even as police say they cannot rule out murders being faked to appear as suicides. http://bit.ly/2vuKS3Y