Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

The following are news in major Kenyan media outlets on Sunday.

-- A technical committee formed by Opposition leaders coalescing under the National Super Alliance inches closer to picking a flag bearer who would face President Uhuru Kenyatta in August elections.

The team comprising of technocrats from academia and former government officials is expected to unveil a team of two from the four leaders who all of them would support. The team is also advising on any talks about power-sharing based on existing positions in the constitution. (Sunday Nation)

-- At least 6,000 employees in several firms across East Africa laid-off in the past three years as economic fortunes of the region wane, prompting the companies to seek to cut costs and return profits. The region is facing low economic growth, high cost of credit, reduced spending power and increasing inflation. (The East African) Endit