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Major news items of leading Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, May 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Western envoys ask Opposition leaders to embrace dialogue in their quest to remove electoral agency officials from office before the 2017 elections. The Opposition has vowed to boycott polls if the team is not reconstituted. (Daily Nation)

-- Wage bill in counties doubles in two years after the devolved units go on a hiring spree derailing efforts to spend more on development. (Business Daily)

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta leads the nation in paying glowing tributes to former First Lady Lucy Kibaki during a requiem mass in Nairobi. She died last week in London after a long illness. (The Standard)

-- Communities in areas where oil exploration is being undertaken will earn 10 per cent of state royalties once Kenya starts exporting crude oil in 2018. This is after MPs approved the Petroleum Bill, 2015, yesterday. (The Star)

-- At least 50 buildings to be demolished in Huruma, Nairobi, where a six-floor flat collapsed last week killing over 30 people. (People Daily) Endit