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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, June 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

News highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Friday.

-- Four electoral agency commissioners offer to resign as Parliament gets ready for talks on the future of the commission. This follows demands by Opposition to disband the commission it accused of bias ahead of the 2017 General Election. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenya and Ethiopia agree to build an oil pipeline from Lamu Port at the Coast to Addis Ababa by the end of this year. The development comes about two months after a deal between Kenya and Uganda collapsed. (The Standard)

-- Repatriation of Somali refugees from Kenya to cost 198 million U.S. dollars, a task force report says. (The Star)

-- The sale and leasing out of some of national carrier Kenya Airways' aircraft stand to earn the firm about 110 million U.S. dollars, investment bankers at Citi have revealed. (Business Daily)

-- A negative report by an international NGO dashed Kenya's hopes of sealing oil pipeline construction deal with Uganda, details have emerged. The NGO noted the Kenyan route is fraught with security risks. (People Daily) Endit