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Top news items in Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, January 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta kicks off his re-election bid in August election by launching a five million member recruitment drive and tasking over 10,000 aspirants of his Jubilee party to campaign for him and lead the registration of voters, which starts on Monday. Kenyatta told his supporters to register in large numbers in the month-long exercise to guarantee him victory against a united Opposition. (Saturday Nation)

-- Court blocks public university lecturers from going on strike next week to press the government to honour a collective bargaining agreement. The order is a big relief to government which is grappling with a 41-day doctors' strike whose end is unknown as parties hold onto tough stands. (Standard on Saturday)

-- Children under the age of five in different parts of Kenya risk malnutrition as about two million citizens face starvation starting next month following drought. (The Star) Endit