Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

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

-- Nine Kenya Defence Forces soldiers were on Friday killed in an intense battle with militant group Al-Shabaab in a dawn attack on their camp in Somalia. The terrorists struck at Kolbiyow camp, some 18km from the Kenya-Somalia border in an attack that was similar to another at El-Adde camp in January last year. (Standard on Saturday)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga accused President Uhuru Kenyatta of failing to fight corruption, engaging in excessive borrowing and using government officials, including local administrators, to plot to rig August polls. However, the government dismissed the claims noting Odinga has sensed defeat in the polls. (Saturday Nation)

-- Government announces that all public schools to have tablets by the end of March as over 200,000 gadgets expected in the country to add to the 700,000 already distributed in the digital learning program. (The Star)

-- Nairobi Securities Exchange dismal performance could affect regional markets as investors' boycott at the bourse could extend to neighbouring countries, analysts warned. (The East African) Endit