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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, November 27, 2016 Adjust font size:

The following are news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Sunday.

-- Top leadership of the electoral commission is cautious about accepting proposal to conduct political parties primaries.

This follows a warning from its heads that it should not get entangled in internal party affairs which will take away its role as an arbiter and erode public confidence ahead of next year's polls. Ruling coalition Jubilee is pushing for the agency to conduct its primaries to curb fraud. (Sunday Nation)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga crowned a warrior and declares that his quest to remove Jubilee from power is unstoppable and asks his supporters to rally behind him in the 2017 polls. (Sunday Standard)

-- Kenyan leaders pay tribute to fallen former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, with President Uhuru Kenyatta calling him a freedom fighter, patriot and a reliable leader. (The Star) Endit