Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets
Xinhua, December 4, 2016 Adjust font size:
The following are news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Sunday:
-- President Uhuru Kenyatta challenges political leaders to ensure next year's elections are peaceful and credible.
Kenyatta, who was speaking at a leadership summit organiszd by investors and skipped by the opposition, said election violence should never be allowed to define the country's politics as he assured Kenyans that his party campaigns will be peaceful and urged the opposition to follow suit.
The business community said with political temperatures rising, leaders have a duty to guide the public to avoid animosity and violence. (Sunday Nation)
-- Kenyans get ready to survive on shoe-string budgets as an expected rise in oil pump prices threaten to push up the cost of living. In coming months, consumers will pay more for food, transport and electricity -- all related to oil -- as the rising pace of inflation hits households. (The Standard on Sunday)
-- Doctors and nurses unions are mobilizing their members to commence a countrywide strike tomorrow, saying that they have exhausted all avenues for dialogue with government over demand for a pay rise. (The Star)