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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, October 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in major Kenyan media outlets on Saturday.

-- Over 100 leaders including legislators and governors have ditched President Uhuru Kenyatta's ruling coalition Jubilee after several parties were collapsed to form the alliance. Those unwilling to join the coalition had been given 30 days to defect. (Saturday Nation)

-- Troubled national carrier Kenya Airways to institute criminal and civil charges against persons involved in a scheme to run it down. An audit report showed KQ lost 605 million U.S. dollars between 2012 and 2015.

-- Kenya denies reports of extra-judicial killings, torture and harassment of Somali refugees by security agencies, terming them as exaggerated and false. (The Star)

-- Decision to nominate Foreign minister Amina Mohamed for AU commission chairperson to test Kenya's lobbying skills and influence in the continent, analysts say. (The East African) Endit