Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets
Xinhua, August 20, 2016 Adjust font size:
News highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Saturday.
-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga notes important institutions that include Judiciary, anti-graft and electoral commissions have failed to steer reforms in the country as corruption takes root. (Saturday Nation)
-- More controversy continues to dog Kenya's Olympics management committee as sports apparel maker Nike alleges kits were stolen by officials, seeks answers. (The Standard on Saturday)
-- The 2017 polls ballot papers and other materials to contain new stringent features to prevent malpractices that lead to rigging, according to elections agency. (The Star)
-- East Africa is inching closer to eradicating maize lethal necrosis disease with a variety of seeds undergoing trials in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania in readiness for planting in 2018. (The East African) Endit