Top news items in Kenya's media outlets

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

-- Opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders to meet electoral agency officials over their plan to step up a parallel tallying centre to monitor their votes.

Electoral commission has maintained that it is only them who are allowed under the law to count, tally, announce and declare the results of an election. (The Standard)

-- Kenyans will start buying a packet of maize flour for 1.1 U.S. dollars as from next week, down from the current 1.4 dollars after the government ordered the cereals' board to release a million bags of maize from the strategic reserve to local millers. (Daily Nation)

-- Vehicle dealers were Tuesday ordered to submit de-registration papers for Australian vehicles bought in Dubai without original logbooks after it emerged that write-off cars were being sold to unsuspecting Kenyans. (Business Daily)

-- Opposition outfit NASA has delayed naming a presidential candidate for tactical reasons, not because of discord or inability to decide, insiders say. The alliance will wait until the last possible moment to unveil its ticket. (The Star)

-- Young, tech-savvy, middle-level managers living beyond their means are the model of a corporate fraudster and responsible for loss of billions by Kenyan organisations annually, a new survey shows. The study, 'Profile of a Fraudster' by audit firm KMPG shows that in technology-enabled frauds, the culprit tends to be youthful, aged between 26 and 45 years. (People Daily) Endit