Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

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

-- Opposition Cord on Friday said it would call for mass action to protest the passage of controversial election laws by ruling coalition legislators in the Senate. (Saturday Nation)

-- Kenya's health sector thrown into deeper crisis after doctors rejected a 40 percent pay rise offer from the government, noting that they would only return to work if a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2013 is implemented. (The Standard)

-- More than 2.4 million Kenyans would be starving by April, the Kenya Red Cross Society has warned and called for mitigation measures to be put in place. The meteorological department has forecasted that Kenya would experience an unusually dry weather in the first quarter of this year. (The Star)

-- The World Bank and International Monetary Fund cautious about Kenya's economic growth prospects citing uncertainties related to this year's general election, interest rate controls, shortfalls in revenue collection and a ballooning wage bill. Enditem