Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Following are the highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Monday.

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga demands that electoral commission officials must go home if next year's elections are to be free and fair. The commission, however, has said it will not be intimidated. (Daily Nation)

-- The 2016 national exams to be set afresh by the Kenya National Examination Council to salvage the credibility of the tests following widespread cases of cheating and other malpractices last year. (The Standard)

-- Some 54.4 percent of Kenyans believe President Uhuru Kenyatta's government has improved security, infrastructure, healthcare, access to electricity and service delivery, a new research shows. (The Star)

-- National carrier Kenya Airways says a collective bargaining agreement it signed with pilots four years ago allows it to redeploy the workers to other airlines. The company is loaning 21 captains and 18 first officers to rival Ethiopian airlines. (Business Daily)

-- Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery says the construction of the 700 km fence across the Kenya-Somalia border to bar unwanted persons will continue as planned. (People Daily) Endit