Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

The following are news in Kenyan media outlets on Friday.

-- Over 600,000 public servants will benefit from a salary review to be carried out in July after the Cabinet on Thursday approved a 961 million U.S. dollars budget to fund new job structures.

All employees from both the county and national governments are expected to benefit from the review that resulted from a job evaluation exercise undertaken by the Salaries and Remunerations Commission. In the new structures, the lowest-paid public servants, clustered under job grade B1, will move from earning 103 dollars to 138 dollars while the highest-paid will earn up to 5,539 dollars. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenya's national wealth is likely to continue growing below the elusive double-digit target unless the country invests heavily in sustainable business models for the growth of the dominant small enterprises sector, business leaders said Thursday. (The Star)

-- Small banks are struggling for cash amid tighter liquidity in the market as their larger peers remain cautious on lending to them in the interbank market, analysts said. (Business Daily)

-- Miraa is not dangerous as has been imagined all along, a new study by Kenya Medical Research Institute has revealed. Among the benefits cited in the study is that miraa helps in weight management. (The Standard)

-- About 31 percent of citizens have a lot of confidence in Kenya's electoral body, findings from a recent survey shows. The survey indicates that another 34 percent have a moderate degree of confidence while 19 percent of Kenyans do not have any confidence with the agency. (People Daily) Endit