DPP NOORDIN Haji drops criminal charges against four people and a company in mercury fertiliser case; govt to release the impounded consignment.

THE TREASURY has budgeted for a 3.9 percent pay rise for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy, William Ruto, after it was cut in 2017. bit.ly/2Lyl95l

IGAD AGREES to delay the formation of South Sudan unity government for six months effective May 12; says pre-transition period extension final.

Pope changes Church law to make reporting sex abuse obligatory bit.ly/2LtSwpT

GOVT TO phase out P1 teacher training this year, Education PS Belio Kipsang says; teacher trainees to be admitted to diploma programmes.

KITALE COUNTY medical superintendent Dr Lilian Lipesa says no cholera outbreak in Trans Nzoia; all Chetoto Primary pupils discharged bar one.

MARAGA SAYS complaint against judge Njoki Ndung’u was withdrawn as JSC recommends formation of tribunals to probe judges Marete, Waithaka and Muya.

Petition against judge Ndung'u withdrawn bit.ly/2LA4uOQ

MOMBASA CHIEF Magistrate sentences British terror suspect Jermaine Grant to 4 years in prison; he was found guilty of having explosive materials. bit.ly/2LwBOWZ

Student dies in dorm fire bit.ly/2LwJF72

Careen Chepchumba: The unsolved murder and what we know so far bit.ly/2VvKH85

Horror of the killing fields of Matungu https://epaper.nationmedia.com/

Ex-Ipoa boss Macharia Njeru wins LSK polls bit.ly/2vV3f1X #LSKelections

Multimedia and UoN in debt crisis http://bit.ly/2PTp6QR

Nightclub security officer arrested in death of man pushed down stairs http://bit.ly/2vOH3GR

The Presidency has been allocated Sh645 million in the supplementary budget estimates tabled in the National Assembly Thursday by Majority Leader Aden Duale. bit.ly/2vQTAtA

NDULA: Editorial Cartoon. bit.ly/2mO9WxZ

Inside story of the brutal killings of Matungu villagers http://bit.ly/2VRWehf

Though taxpayers paid a Chinese firm Sh4.2 billion for no work done on a new terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), they may have to fork out billions more. http://bit.ly/2VVFTrR

Kenyatta University is in a financial crisis and might be unable to continue operations unless the situation is turned around, Auditor General Edward Ouko says in his latest report on the institution. http://bit.ly/2VPCtqA

Origins and spread of 14 and 42 brothers gangs http://bit.ly/2VPCYRz