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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, May 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in major Kenyan media outlets on Wednesday.

-- Church leaders offer to mediate talks between the Opposition Cord and ruling coalition Jubilee to end stalemate on the fate of electoral commission officials. (Daily Nation)

-- Electricity distributor Kenya Power's quest to raise consumer tariffs beginning July flops after the Ministry of Energy rejects proposal, citing government commitment to bring down cost of energy. (Business Daily)

-- Cabinet secretaries Joseph Nkaissery (Interior Security) and Amina Mohammed (Foreign Affairs) to explain to a parliamentary committee why the government wants to expatriate refugees at Dadaab camp to Somalia. (The Standard)

-- One in every four Kenyans has a mental disorder, but they are not aware of it, according to the Health Ministry's research. (The Star)

-- Women volleyball team "Malkia Strikers" leave the country for the Women's World Olympic Qualification Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The team hopes to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics. (People Daily)