Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

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

-- Electoral commission launched mass voter registration campaign Sunday, the last before the August elections, and warned that those who would not have registered by Feb. 14, would have no other opportunity to do so.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga are expected to rally their supporters to turn out in large numbers and be among the 9.1 million targeted in the exercise in readiness for the elections. (Daily Nation)

-- Consumers to feel the pinch of higher fuel prices from next month as cost of crude oil rises amid a depreciating shilling against the bullish U.S. dollar, according to the Energy Regulatory Commission, as it lowered cost of diesel and petrol prices for the next month. (The Star)

-- Commercial banks have significantly cut interest rates payable on cash deposits, leaving cash-rich companies and individuals with less returns from the billions of shillings kept with the lenders. (Business Daily)

-- Kenya stops the importation of gaming equipment, machines and devices used in betting as the authorities warn that gambling is hurting families. (People Daily) Endit