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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, November 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- More than 30,000 Kenyan citizens living illegally in the US could be on their way home if President-elect Donald Trump makes good his campaign threat to deport illegal immigrants. (The Standard)

-- Kenya makes good its decision to pull troops out of South Sudan as the first batch of 100 soldiers arrived in Nairobi Wednesday. The second batch of 1,000 soldiers are expected today. (The Star)

-- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's surprise victory reverberates across the world, causing exchange rate volatility in key markets that made the Central Bank of Kenya support the shilling over speculative attack. (Daily Nation)

-- British exploration company Tullow Oil to sign an agreement with the Kenya government before the end of the year to pave way for construction of a pipeline to transport crude oil from Turkana to the Mombasa port. (Business Daily)

-- Prosecutors in East African Community states are under immense threats from corruption, drugs and wildlife trophy kingpins. They said during a meeting in Nairobi that intimidation by suspects is affecting their work, with most using their illegally-acquired wealth to subvert justice. (People Daily) Endit