Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

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

-- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta met his Namibian counterpart Hage Geingob in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as Kenya intensified the final lap of lobbying ahead of African Union elections Monday. Kenyatta's meeting on the side-lines of the AU Summit was meant to discuss bilateral issues and the imminent elections in which Kenya's foreign secretary is seeking to become the chairperson of the AU. (Daily Nation)

-- Opposition leaders will on Monday meet to discuss how to arrive at a compromise presidential candidate to take on President Uhuru Kenyatta in August polls. The meeting will bring together five leaders led by Raila Odinga. (The Standard)

-- The U.S. government has strengthened Kenya's hand in the fight against Somalia-based Al-Shabaab terrorists with the delivery of an unknown number of high-tech spy aircraft that were ordered two years ago. (Business Daily)

-- The International Criminal Court (ICC) is quietly compiling evidence of witness tampering in the collapsed cases against President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto. A team of eight ICC detectives is in Kenya to collect and collate evidence of what they believe was massive witness interference in the defunct cases. (The Star)

-- Majority of the Al-Shabaab militants who last Friday attacked the Kenya Defence Forces camp in Kulbiyow base near the Kenyan border with Somalia were child soldiers, it has emerged. Fresh details also indicate that some Kenyans may have been among the militants as the attackers were those shouting in coastal Swahili. (People Daily) Enditem