Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

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

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta warns foreign governments against interfering in local politics and next year's August elections.

Kenyatta, who was addressing the Jamhuri Day (Independence Day) celebrations, said there was already money coming into Kenya from abroad in the guise of supporting good governance or civic education.

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga is optimistic that there would be a change of guard in the country's leadership in the next year's polls, citing runway corruption.

Odinga said that the latest wave in Africa where voters have rejected sitting presidents is a sign the continent is fed up with poor leadership. (The Standard)

-- Nurses and doctors' unions rejected return-to-work formula involving raise in allowances offered by the government to end the strike, which has been on for the last eight days, crippling the public health sector. (The Star)

-- Boost for tourism as another cruise ship carrying about 1,000 tourists docked at the Kenyan Coast, barely a week after another with a similar number of visitors arrived. (Business Daily)

-- Treasury is set to reduce its spending by 25.8 percent to 6.1 billion U.S. dollars from 8.2 billion dollars in a move aimed at cutting public debt in the short-term. (People Dail