Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

The following are highlights of major Kenyan media outlets on Wednesday.

-- Kenyan MPs gang up to block a proposal that outlaws party hopping ahead of 2017 elections. The legislators believe the law would bar those who will lose in party nominations from vying. (The Standard)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga accepts a report of a joint select committee of Parliament on election reforms and promises full support to ensure its passage and implementation, which will see current elections bosses quit. (Daily Nation)

-- Former President Mwai Kibaki is recovering well at the Johannesburg's Netcare Sunninghill Hospital, family says, as he awaits surgery tomorrow. (The Star)

-- Kenya plans to tighten noose on social media abuse ahead of the next year's elections, with the government seeking to pass a proposed law that stipulates up to 20 years jail term for offenders. (People Daily)

-- Stock brokers feel the pinch of the bear-run at the Nairobi Securities Exchange as half-year earnings drop. (Business Daily) Endit