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Top news items of major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, June 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- A parliamentary committee has proposed that presidential election petition be heard in 30 days from the current 14 to give time for resolution of poll disputes. This is part of electoral reforms the team is working on. (The Star)

-- By May next year, Kenya's biggest refugee camp, Daadab, will cease to exist and with it will go many businesses operated by the Somali refugees. Closing the camp will also be a blow to terror group Al-Shabaab. (Daily Nation)

-- There will be no teachers strike in Kenya for the next four years as government and unions sign a deal that offers the tutors better perks. President Uhuru Kenyatta assured teachers that his government will implement the deal. (The Standard)

-- Weaker shilling and low inflation had made life cheaper for dozens of expats working in Kenya as Nairobi improves its ranking on the list of world expensive cities. (Business Daily)

-- Kenya police say terror suspects at the Coast flee to Tanzania after committing crimes in the country. (People Daily) Endit