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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, June 7, 2016 Adjust font size:

News highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Tuesday.

-- One person was killed and scores were injured as Opposition countrywide protests against the electoral agency turn violent. Opposition leader Raila Odinga has threatened to increase the protests if ruling coalition does not heed to its call for dialogue. (The Standard)

-- Rights organizations sue the government over plans to close Daadab, the world's largest refugee camp and repatriate Somali refugees to their country. They argue the plan is discriminatory and contravenes human rights. (Daily Nation)

-- Cheap power from geothermal fails to cut electricity prices in Kenya as consumers bear the brunt. Energy regulatory Commission blames the situation on failure to set up high-voltage lines and sub-stations. (Business Daily)

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta feels Opposition leader Raila Odinga is trying to bully and intimidate him through protests into accepting major constitutional changes. (The Star)

-- A group of youth who surrendered to authorities after undergoing radicalization in Somalia have accused some rogue police officers of betraying them to the Al-Shabaab. (People Daily) Endit