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Top news items of leading Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, June 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Wednesday.

-- High Court orders Chinese contractor to stop construction of the standard gauge railway on two pieces as land as owners derail President Uhuru Kenyatta's biggest project. (Daily Nation)

-- Britain's exit from the European Union to affect Kenya's private equity (PE) funds in the next years, experts note. Some 96 percent of funds Kenya receives in PE funds come from the EU. (The Standard)

-- Kenya's most celebrated athletes' reputations will be on the line when they compete in the country's Olympics trials starting Thursday, just weeks before the start of the Rio Games. (The Star)

-- Kenyans will have to wait longer for some of the tax benefits that Treasury announced early this month in the Budget as they suffer the pain of new taxes that took effect immediately.(Business Daily)

-- Botswana will review its restrictive migrant laws for Kenyans seeking work permits after President Uhuru Kenyatta's push during a state visit to the southern African country. (People Daily) Endit