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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, September 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

News highlights of leading Kenyan media outlets on Friday.

-- Over 10 political parties dissolve to form one named Jubilee on which President Uhuru Kenyatta would seek re-election next year. The president is set to launch the new party Saturday. (Daily Nation)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga assures his supporters that he will vie for the presidency in next year's elections even as his coalition Cord comprising of three major parties seeks to choose its flag bearer. (The Standard)

-- Small-scale Kenyan farmers and local technology entrepreneurs to benefit from 30 billion U.S. dollars African governments have pledged to spend on agriculture in over 10 years. Kenya pledged to spend 198 million dollars. (The Star)

-- Kenya's tyre imports from China have grown 55 percent in the last three years amid rising popularity among motorists due to affordability. (Business Daily) Endit