Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets
Xinhua, December 16, 2016 Adjust font size:
The following are news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Friday:
-- Chaos rocked ruling Jubilee's party elections in different parts of the country on Thursday, raising fears of possible violence in August 2017 polls.
Several people were injured during confrontations that marred the exercise involving the picking of the party's officials. (Daily Nation)
-- Kenya is among African economies that may learn to do with little funding from the United States if the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump actualizes his plan to cut aid to the continent, a new report shows. (The Standard)
-- President Uhuru Kenyatta dismissed opposition leaders' bid to form a super alliance and pick a single candidate to face him in next year's polls. The President termed the alliance as a tribal outfit. (The Star)
-- Value of commercial buildings approved for construction in Nairobi rise to a four-year high in October even as industry data shows demand is lagging behind supply. (Business Daily)
-- Chief Justice directs all corruption cases heard at the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes division be determined in three months as he seeks to prevent suspects from using courts to block justice. (People Daily) Endit