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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, January 1, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- Hope and anxiety for Kenyans as they usher in 2017, the year when the country will hold its General Election. Political activities are expected to heighten months to the August polls in which President Uhuru Kenyatta will be seeking re-election against a united opposition, which will front a candidate under a super alliance.

The election comes about a decade since the country held a disputed poll that led to violence resulting into the killing of 1,000 people, with fears emerging of possible political clashes this year. (Sunday Nation)

-- Questions arise over how a selection panel picked chair and commissioners of the electoral agency after candidates who scored low marks emerged tops. (Standard on Sunday)

-- Manufacturers hope for a better year after recording slow growth in 2016 as industries struggled to cope with a tough business environment characterized by massive layoffs and winding up of others.

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta wishes Kenyans a prosperous year, asks them to shun divisive politics and notes development projects to create more opportunities for businesses and people. (People Daily) Endit