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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, August 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Government to investigate officials managing Team Kenya at the Rio Olympics as claims of mistreatment of athletes and managers, and theft of resources continue to emerge. (Daily Nation)

-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is to visit Kenya next week for discussions with President Uhuru Kenyatta on trade, South Sudan crisis and next year's polls. (The Standard)

-- Tough proposals are made by a parliamentary committee to punish election offenders ahead of next year's polls. Offenders, for instance, risk 10 years in jail or 99,000 U.S. dollars fine if they hack into electoral system. (The Star)

-- Nairobi's ranking in global survey of living conditions drops to the lowest position due to a slower pace of development. (Business Daily)

-- Kenya expects the forthcoming Tokyo International Conference on African Development to inject into the economy 119 million U.S. dollars. (People Daily) Enditem