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Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

Xinhua, March 1, 2017 Adjust font size:

The following are news in Kenya's major media outlets on Wednesday.

-- Opposition leaders coalescing under the National Super Alliance (NASA) have challenged the electoral commission to come clean on their state of preparedness to conduct the August 8 general election. (The Standard)

-- Talks to end doctors' strike failed to continue on Tuesday after being adjourned last Friday despite an ultimatum given by mediators. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the Law Society of Kenya are calling for a softening of positions by the doctors and the government. (Daily Nation)

-- Six months into the polls, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's mega Jubilee Party is in turmoil and key allies are regretting the merger of 11 smaller parties. The party is faced with numerous defections, bitter infighting, distrust and claims of weak internal structures. (The Star)

-- Expensive food and fuel lifted Kenya's inflation to a four-year high last month as the cost of living measure rose above the government's target for the first time since January last year. Inflation jumped to 9.04 percent in February from 6.99 percent a month earlier, data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows. (Business Daily)