A three-year-old boy taken away by the government from an American couple that had adopted him has exposed a glaring gap on inter-country adoption laws in Kenya. http://bit.ly/2PKHCuD

TSC has announced a nationwide crackdown on teachers who are not registered with the Commission but are involved in teaching in both public and private schools. http://bit.ly/2PMo4WK

Reports of torture and killings by South Sudan’s security forces could threaten a new peace agreement whose transitional government was to be formed on May 12 but has been delayed for six months. http://bit.ly/2PKtZeK

GUYO: With Methuselahs and dinosaurs in control, Kenya all but doomed http://bit.ly/2PQioLl

41 dead as Russian plane bursts into flames https://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/1068-5101982-qm8dqf/index.html

Why criminals get away with murder http://bit.ly/2PN4IAE

City lawyer’s wife and son now to be probed in kin murder ‘cover-up’ http://bit.ly/2PN4Q36

Poll shows Bobi’s popularity rising as Museveni’s declines http://bit.ly/2PMrmJD

A decade after a wave of suicides at France Telecom in which 35 employees took their own lives, the telecoms giant and its former CEO go on trial Monday for "moral harassment". http://bit.ly/2PQWdoq

IGAH: Editorial Cartoon.

SA polls: Three party leaders battle it out http://bit.ly/2PNvyc1

Administration Police officers at Ejinja AP camp in Matungu Constituency in Kakamega County have been transferred with immediate effect following rampant killings of residents. http://bit.ly/2PMx8uN

KIBWANA: Can an ‘outsider’ become president in 2022? http://bit.ly/2vFKLCO

EDUCATION CS George Magoha suspends setting up of new public varsities due to duplication of programmes; says state has no cash to support them. bit.ly/2LpQFSY

DP Ruto was Sunday evening under heavy criticism from MPs for rushing to the defence of Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, who is accused of misappropriating close to Sh2.5 billion through questionable expenditure at the county in the last financial year. http://bit.ly/2Lritqd

Criminals turn serene Ruiru to hiding den https://www.nation.co.ke/counties/kiambu/Criminals-turn-serene-Ruiru-to-hiding-den/1183274-5102344-y782q7/index.html

DCI DETECTIVES arrest Boniface Mwangi in Nairobi; police accuse activist of organising a revolution against the Jubilee government

Activist Boniface Mwangi arrested at his home bit.ly/2VU1i4R

Russian plane fire: Pilot cites lightning https://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Russian-plane-fire-Pilot-cites-lightning-/1068-5102494-w91w36/index.html

Waititu’s deputy Nyoro says Kiambu audit issues are ‘grave’ bit.ly/2LpWUq7

Four prime suspects in the murder of a senior police officer from Tharaka-Nithi, Joseph Kinyua, will remain in police custody until May 20 when the case will be mentioned. bit.ly/2UZHaJW