Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

The following are news highlights in major Kenyan media outlets on Thursday.

-- Lecturers and non-teaching staff in Kenya's public universities start work boycott Thursday even as the High Court extended orders stopping the industrial action. Union officials say the strike is to push for higher salaries and allowances, and will go on until their demands are met. (Daily Nation)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga has said he is determined to make President Uhuru Kenyatta serve only one term. Odinga told his supporters Wednesday that the president should prepare to go home in August since he is taking the country in the wrong direction. (The Standard)

-- The Kenyan government on Wednesday warned that the country's poultry industry faces a high risk of devastation in the wake of a recent outbreak of bird flu in neighboring Uganda. Kenya had raised its protection to the highest level since the outbreak. (Business Daily)

-- The new electoral agency commissioners are set to take office after President Uhuru Kenyatta formally appointed them. The appointment of the seven-member team will rejuvenate the agency as preparation for August polls gathers pace. (The Star)

-- The Kenyan government held crisis meeting Wednesday to assess the real magnitude of the drought that has put 21 million Kenyans at risk of starvation. (People Daily) Endit