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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, June 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

News highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Thursday.

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta announces that a joint Senate and National Assembly committee will be formed to initiate electoral reforms. The move comes after weeks of protests that led to deaths by Opposition Cord. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenya's budget heaps more pressure on motorists, women and poor households as Treasury increases taxes on kerosene, cosmetics and imported vehicles. Beginning next month, cosmetics will attract a 10 percent excise duty. (The Standard)

-- Wealthy Kenyans who have stashed cash abroad will get a blanket amnesty to repatriate the money tax-free, with no questions asked about the origin of such riches. (Business Daily)

-- Cases of tuberculosis are on the decline in Kenya as the country is now ranked 15th among the 22 high TB burden countries worldwide from position 13. (The Star) Endit