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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, July 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in major Kenyan media outlets on Tuesday.

-- UN begins verification of refugees at the Daadab camp as plans to repatriate them back to Somalia gathers pace. Some Kenyans had enlisted as refugees to benefit from free aid. (Daily Nation)

--Israeli PM jets into Kenya from Uganda for bilateral talks with his host President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenya played a crucial role in the Entebbe raid in Uganda, in which Israeli commandos rescued hostages detained at the airport in 1976. (The Standard)

-- Human rights agencies and lawyers ask President Uhuru Kenyatta to constitute a team to probe extra-judicial killing by security agencies. Lawyers on Monday boycotted courts to protest the killing of their colleague allegedly by police officers. (The Star)

-- International demand for Kenyan goods slowed down last month, forcing firms to scale down hiring of workers, a survey showed. (Business Daily)

-- MPs protest clause in a proposed law which stipulates that those seeking elective seats should be Bachelors degree holders. They say the law would lock out tens of good leaders. (People Daily) Enditem