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Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

Xinhua, April 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- Kenyan teachers on Saturday threatened to go on strike starting next month, accusing the government of failing to budget for the hiring of all trained tutors. Union officials said they had expected the government to set aside at least 174 million U.S. dollars for the hiring of more than 90,000 unemployed teachers but it planned for only 5,000 with 19 million dollars funds. (Sunday Nation)

-- Somalia-based terror group Al-Shabaab executed dozens of Kenyan fighters on suspicion of spying for AMISOM troops as tension rises between foreign fighters and local commanders. (Standard on Sunday)

-- Opposition leaders under the National Super Alliance (NASA) accuse the Kenyan government of failing to compensate victims of injustices and implement a truth report but ruling Jubilee Party leaders dismiss NASA as lacking any agenda for the country. (The Star) Endit