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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, May 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

News highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Monday.

-- Opposition Cord to lead protests in Nairobi Monday against the electoral agency. It wants electoral agency commissioners kicked out before next year's polls. Coalition leader Raila Odinga has accused the agency of bias. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenya Revenue Authority targets mobile money data of individuals and companies to smoke out tax cheats. (Business Daily)

-- Alarm as more Kenyans, both suspected criminals and law-abiding citizens, die in the hands of police officers expected to protect them. (The Standard)

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked African countries to come up with mechanisms to bridge regional gaps to unite the continent. Mr Kenyatta proposed the establishment of a continental institute to train leaders from different countries on African leadership. (The Star)

-- A parliamentary committee wants the constitution amended to enable the reconstitution of the electoral agency and the barring of the current senators from vying for governor seats in next year's polls. (People Daily) Endit