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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, June 20, 2016 Adjust font size:

News highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Monday.

-- Opposition Cord and ruling coalition Jubilee agree on how to carry out electoral reforms paving way for the disbandment of the poll's agency. The former has been pushing for electoral changes through street protests. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenyans spend millions of dollars to bury their kin as some families conduct plastic surgery on bodies of the dead before burial. (The Standard)

-- Kenya's motor vehicle assembly industry runs the risk of being overtaken by Ethiopia's as poor policies contrast an ambitious plan by the latter to transform its tiny auto sector. (Business Daily)

-- The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States has praised President Uhuru Kenyatta for transforming Kenya by putting in place a strong economic agenda that will ensure the country's sustained economic growth. (The Star)

-- Kenya is expected to ratify the East African Community Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Protocol in two weeks' time. The move is aimed at promoting safe food trade across the region. (People Daily) Endit