Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

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

-- Opposition Cord and ruling coalition Jubilee hold parallel rallies to celebrate Independence Day Wednesday as talks on how to end an impasse over electoral reforms collapse. Both parties maintained hard-line stands during the rallies. (Daily nation)

-- Interior ministry says the process to close the Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps will be completed in November as Kenya stands firm on the decision. (The Standard)

-- The Central Bank of Kenya is conducting a study on regulation of lending through mobile phones and the internet as the number of businesses offering the service surges. (Business Daily)

-- WildLifeDirect, an NGO, says cases of foreigners arrested with illegal wildlife products being charged in court, paying huge fines and leaving the country has made Kenya miss opportunities to capture useful information about the trade. (The Star)

-- Al-Shabaab commander Mohamed Mohamud alias Gamadhere suspected to have been behind the Garissa University College attack in Kenya which left 148 students dead, has finally been killed. (People Daily) Endit