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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, February 14, 2017 Adjust font size:

The following are some top news items in Kenya's media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Preparations for the Aug. 8 elections was thrown into jeopardy following a ruling that annulled the award of a 24-million-U.S.-dollar tender for printing ballot papers. Electoral agency officials said that the commission could be forced to restart preparations for the elections as the ruling affects decisions made from October 6, 2016, which include those on by-elections, ballot papers, audit, staffing, Kenya Integrated Election Management System, registration, information and communication technology regulations and others. (Daily Nation)

-- Seven striking doctors union officials were jailed by the Labour court Monday for failing to call off their work boycott as ordered by the judge, throwing talks to end the stalemate in its third month in jeopardy. (The Standard)

-- Kenya has approved regulations for drones, becoming the second country after Rwanda in the region to embrace commercial use of Aerial Unmanned Vehicles. The move came as a boost to firms that have been waiting for the greenlight to import drones. (Business Daily)

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta's approval ratings remain high in seven regions, an opinion poll released Monday showed. However, the ratings have gone down from 63 percent to 57 percent nationally, a move attributed to the workers' strikes that have dogged the country for three months. (People Daily) Endit