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Top news items of leading Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, August 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Kenya is expected to win at least seven gold medals at the Rio Olympics from track and field events, analysts have predicted. (Saturday Nation)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga warns that increased gambling in the country is a recipe for social malaise, adding the games are being used for fraud and money laundering. (Standard on Saturday)

-- Parliamentary committee tells anti-corruption bosses to end infightings that have derailed the work of the commission. Officials last week called for their boss to quit. (The Star)

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta joins other leaders from East Africa in Addis Ababa for an extraordinary summit on South Sudan, which is facing turmoil. (The East African) Endit