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Top news items of leading Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, August 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Consumer lobby group and banks clash over interest rate capping law. While banks say the law cannot be applied on older loans, lobby wants all charges on old and new loans, including those offered through mobile money, brought down. (Daily Nation)

-- Former President Mwai Kibaki undergoes a successful surgery to remove clot from one of his neck arteries in a South Africa hospital. (The Standard)

-- Showdown looms after Sports Cabinet Secretary disbands the National Olympics Committee of Kenya (Nock) following the mismanagement of the Kenyan team in Rio Games. Nock, however, says minister has no such powers. (The Star) Endit