POLICE RESCUE a Form 2 student from a house where she had been allegedly locked up, defiled for a week in Homa Bay; victim taken for medical exam.

38 KRA staff who were locked up for 14 days as DCI probes tax evasion scandal file application at High Court challenging their detention. http://bit.ly/2W2yQxp

ISRAELI MAN killed as robbers break into his house at Spring Valley estate in Trans Nzoia; gang injures his wife, makes away with phones and TV.

NEMA SHUTS down Giloil Industries for polluting Nairobi River; closure brings to 15, factories closed down for breaching effluent-discharge rules.

A magistrate court will today rule on whether a man accused of sending money several times to Dusit D2 hotel complex attackers will continue to be held in custody. http://bit.ly/2W4LlbR

National Assembly majority leader Aden Duale has told off his Senate counterpart Kipchumba Murkomen for saying the Health Laws (Amendment) Bill was passed in an unprocedural manner. bit.ly/2W87XYY

Kenya will not rely on foreign funding to finance the multi-billion-shilling standard gauge railway (SGR) extension from Naivasha to Kisumu, the government now says. http://bit.ly/2LGM1QM

MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS Board asks Governor Waiguru to suspend admission of patients to Kerugoya Hospital until rot at the facility is addressed.

Cotu boss Francis Atwoli says the boardroom wars that nearly saw him expelled from the National Social Security Fund were because of his efforts to seal corruption loopholes. http://bit.ly/2LKcyNe

KPA RESHUFFLES 16 senior officials; at least three officials under investigation over the Sh40bn Kipevu scandal affected.

SRC CHAIRPERSON Mengich says the commission will take legal action to have house allowances paid to MPs recovered; terms the benefits irregular.

MPs ordered to pay back 'illegal' house allowances https://epaper.nationmedia.com/

Court blocks Joe Mucheru's parastatal appointments https://www.nation.co.ke/news/Court-blocks-Joe-Mucheru-parastatal-appointments/1056-5117234-87pau8/index.html

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i will tour Matungu in Kakamega County Thursday in the wake of recent killings by a criminal gang which left 13 people dead in the past one month. http://bit.ly/2LOjGIm

Nanok has a right to back Ruto, says ODM http://bit.ly/2LOb0la

Police are on a high alert over a possible Al Shabaab attack during the holy month of Ramadhan. bit.ly/2LVPo6m

Education CS George Magoha has formed a taskforce to advise him on the number of years learners will spend in primary and secondary school under the new curriculum http://bit.ly/2LN0VoF

KENYA SELLS Sh210 billion Eurobond, the third since 2014, to finance the budget and repay Sh75 billion bond due to mature in June. bit.ly/2LKuXJN

NDULA: Editorial Cartoon. bit.ly/2mO9WxZ

State demands farmers repay loans it had written off http://bit.ly/2Q8WByz

ELDERS SAY the 2 Cuban doctors abducted in Mandera are alive, forcibly working in areas under Al-Shabaab control; terrorists want Sh150m ransom. bit.ly/2Q7xHPU