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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, July 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

News highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Friday.

-- Opposition and ruling coalition MPs working on electoral reforms agree on August 8, 2017 as day for the next General Election. (Daily Nation)

-- Auditor General's report shows that over 69 million U.S. dollars may have been lost in the 2014/2015 financial year in government ministries, departments and commissions. (The Standard)

-- Banks oppose Bill to cap interest rates at 4 percent above Central Bank rate terming the move retrogressive and plead with President Uhuru Kenyatta not to sign the law. (Business Daily)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga working on several strategies that include crafting a new coalition ahead of 2017 elections as row intensifies in his alliance. (The Star)

-- Anti-corruption agency commissioners push for the resignation of their chair whose company has been adversely mentioned as recipient of fraudulent payouts from youth service, which the commission is investigating. (People Daily) Endit