Major news items of leading Kenyan media outlets
Xinhua, July 11, 2016 Adjust font size:
The following are news highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Monday.
-- Kenya to push for deals with India to address trade imbalance, which favours the latter, whose PM is visiting. East African nation wants her goods to be granted preferential status by India. (The Standard)
-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga promises aspirants free and fair primaries in his coalition Cord as jostling for positions starts ahead of next year's polls. (Daily Nation)
-- Workers' union proposes concessions that include reduction in some allowances and freeze on pension contribution to stem sacking of its members by national carrier Kenya Airways. The airline sacked 80 workers last week and plans to retrench up to 600. (Business Daily)
-- Britain's anti-doping agency is probing claims that Kenyan doctors offered British athletes training in the East Africa nation performance enhancing drugs.
East Africa Community with the help of the World Bank seeks to establish 140 million U.S. dollars learning centres boost post-graduate studies in the region. (People Daily) Endit