Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

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

-- Police question top sports ministry officials over the disappearance of monies meant for athletes in the recent Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A report by the Olympic Games probe team accuses the steering committee of abdicating its work and allowing the plundering of resources and mismanagement by officials. Several officials have been charged in court following theft of funds and mishandling of athletes after public outcry. (Daily Nation)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Monday accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of protecting the corrupt in his government from prosecution as the ruling coalition Jubilee grapples with a string of scandals. (The Standard)

-- The Central Bank's Monetary Policy Committee retained its key lending rate at 10 percent. During its bimonthly meeting on Monday, the committee said inflation is expected to remain within the government's target range of between 2.5 and 7 percent; therefore, action need not be taken on the rate. (The Star)

-- Top world coffee buyers are in Kenya to ink direct purchase agreements with farmers and avoid the Nairobi Coffee Exchange in a move that would offer producers better prices. (Business Daily) Endit