Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets
Xinhua, March 4, 2017 Adjust font size:
The following are news items in major Kenyan media outlets on Saturday.
-- Kenya's private sector growth moved towards stagnation in February on the back of ongoing drought and decline in private sector credit, a new survey showed. The data from Stanbic's Purchasing Managers Index showed growth in new orders eased to the second weakest in the survey's history. (Saturday Nation)
-- Six months to elections, Members of Parliament have been allocated money meant for roads to finish projects in their constituencies putting into question President Uhuru Kenyatta's government's ability to deliver on its promise to build 10,000 km of road network. (Saturday Standard)
-- Kenya popular mobile money network M-Pesa can be used by criminals, local and international, to make illicit transactions, the U.S. State Department has warned. (The East African) Endit