Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

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

-- Senate on Wednesday holds a special session that will determine the fate of the contentious amended electoral laws that have led to a bitter fall-out between opposition coalition Cord and ruling party Jubilee.

The opposition has threatened mass protests starting next week. Opposition senators on Tuesday worked behind the scenes to tell their Jubilee colleagues that the most amicable way out of the deadlock would be to reject the amendments passed by the National Assembly last week. (Daily Nation)

-- Striking doctors on the verge of losing their jobs as the county governments advertise their positions in a bid to alleviate suffering of thousands of patients. The national government, on the other hand, has backed down from talks with the doctors who have been on strike for nearly a month. (The Standard)

-- Current account deficit has narrowed by 10.4 percent to 990 million U.S. dollars in the third quarter of this year from 1 billion dollars during a similar period in 2015, helped by hospitality industry, diaspora inflows and low oil prices. (Business Daily)

-- Kenya to undertake an aerial geophysical survey of its mineral deposits starting early next year as the country seeks to attract investors. (The Star) Endit