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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, December 12, 2016 Adjust font size:

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

-- Process to identify bodies of at least 39 people who were killed in a horrific road accident after a vehicle carrying an inflammable substance destined to Uganda exploded into flames in Naivasha, west of Nairobi starts today. President Uhuru Kenyatta has led the nation in mourning the dead and condoling with their families. (The Standard)

-- President Kenyatta today to lead the country to mark 53 years since Kenya got independence from Britain. Kenyatta has invited Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe as the special guest during the commemoration. Security has been beefed up in the capital Nairobi and around the country at different venues where the day will be marked. (Daily Nation)

-- Nurses who have been on work boycott for a week call off their strike after agreeing with the government on return-to-work formula and getting a 200 U.S. dollars allowance. The doctors' strike, however, is ongoing, with the medics demanding a 300 percent pay rise. (The Star)

-- Seven Kenyan factories have been ranked among the world's best specialty coffee producers, putting the farmers on the path to better earnings for their produce in the international market. (Business Daily) Endit