Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

The following are news in Kenyan media outlets on Thursday.

-- Kenya's Treasury Secretary will Thursday present the country's 26 billion U.S. dollars budget in Parliament as President Uhuru Kenyatta seeks to use the estimates to reassure Kenyans ahead of his second stab at the presidency.

With food prices a record high, the country's economy reeling under a 38 billion dollars debt, and a number of pre-election promises yet to be fully fulfilled, Kenyans will be keenly listening as Treasury outlines how the government intends to spend their taxes in the run-up to the Aug. 8 polls. (The Standard)

-- Opposition coalition National Super Alliance (NASA) on the verge of collapse after one of its leaders, Kalonzo Musyoka, says it is either he is named the presidential flag-bearer in seven days or he bolts out. (Daily Nation)

-- Mobile money has had the biggest impact on closing the gender gap in access to financial services in Kenya, according to the Central Bank. Ownership of the mobile phone and the access it provides to financial services have left women nearly at par with men, with statistics indicating that mobile money coverage among women stands at 71 per cent compared to 79 per cent for men. (Business Daily)

-- Kenya's Parliament risks dissolution unless it enacts a legislation to implement the two-thirds gender principle within the next 60 days. (People Daily)

-- Civil servants eyeing political seats in the forthcoming general election Wednesday got a reprieve after the court ruled that they can return to their offices after losing in the party nominations. (The Star) Endit