Top news items of leading Kenyan media outlets

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

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta signs into law a proposal to cap banks interest rates, bringing huge relief to millions of Kenyan families. (Daily Nation)

-- Legislators amend a report of a parliamentary select committee on electoral reforms, throwing out a provision that curbs party-hopping. Majority of MPs saw the clause would hurt them in next year's polls. (The Standard)

-- Kenya and Uganda have signed a deal allowing police officers from both countries to patrol the disputed Migingo Island. The two countries' claim to the island has led to a diplomatic tussle. (The Star)

-- British oil firm Tullow raises Kenya's hopes of becoming an oil exporting country after it officially announced plans to start producing the mineral from Turkana in March next year. (Business Daily)

-- Kenya's Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario grilled by police over the Rio Olympics fiasco, in which athletes and managers were mismanaged and sports kits stolen. (People Daily) Endit