Top news items in leading Kenyan media outlets

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

-- Israel agrees to help Kenya fight terrorism by sharing intelligence and assist in the construction of a security wall along the border with Somali to stop inflow of Al-Shabaab fighters. (Daily Nation)

-- Alarm as over 1,600 lives lost on Kenyan roads in the last six months, about 100 more than during the similar period last year, according to the National Transport and Safety Authority. (The Standard)

-- Electoral agency bosses ask MPs to fast-track the ongoing elections reforms that will decide the future of the commission. They note that delay is hurting preparations for 2017 elections. (The Star)

-- Rising number of legal disputes in the last one-year lock up Kenyan banks' 99 million U.S. dollars as Judiciary asks litigants to seek for alternative means to sort out differences. (Business Daily)

-- A parliamentary committee says it is ready to disband a police unit linked to abduction and killing of several people. (People Dail