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

DISABLED WOMAN found raped and murdered in her bed at Kalama Location of Machakos, barely 24 hours after prison warder was found killed in Muranga. bit.ly/2vZV18P

WIN FOR prosecution as court allows confession made by one of the suspects in the murder of lawyer Willy Kimani and 2 others; 4 APs denied bond. bit.ly/2w2ZPui

PETERSON NJIRU arrested over murder of prison warder in Murang’a; court allows police to hold him for 14 days as they complete investigations. bit.ly/2w4eGEA

DOCTORS IN Taita Taveta begin strike after Granton Samboja government failed to effect their CBA, promotions; Moi Referral Hospital hardest hit.

KRA has recalled its Commissioner General John Njiraini from retirement to “manage the crisis” after the agency was rocked by one of the biggest corruption purges to hit a State corporation in the country. http://bit.ly/2vZMh2N