Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

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

-- Ruling coalition Jubilee unveils a campaign team to spearhead President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in next year's polls. The coalition, however, did not name officials of their recently-formed Jubilee party. (The Standard on Saturday)

-- Kenyans in South Sudan fear for their lives amid reports of opposition SPLM-IO forces confiscating their passports after a SPLM-IO spokesman was arrested in Nairobi and deported to the country. (Saturday Nation)

-- Opposition Cord to call street protests next week over the government's failure to curb what it calls runway corruption in its circles. (The Star)

-- The United States is in talks with Kenya over decision to withdraw its troops from South Sudan, saying that it does not want the UN mission in South Sudan compromised due to low numbers. Kenya made the decision after its lieutenant general leading the UN troops was sacked by the UN chief. (The East Africa