Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

The following are news in Kenyan media outlets on Tuesday.

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto on Monday launched their re-election campaign by laying out their key achievements now explained in a new government portal.

The website is a one-stop source of stories and facts about work of the Jubilee government and what it has achieved and responds to top criticism by the Opposition that Kenyatta has not achieved anything. Kenyatta said Kenyans can now, with the touch of a button, find out what the government has been doing for the last four years. (Daily Nation)

-- A meeting by Opposition leaders under the National Super Alliance (NASA) skirted around the presidential flag-bearer issue, pushing the thorny subject in the coalition to the week after the Easter holidays. Leaders urged followers to give them a little more time to agree on the flag-bearer. (The Standard)

-- Kenyan soldiers on Monday killed 15 Al-Shabaab terrorists in an operation approximately 104km from the border town of Elwak, Gedo region in Somalia.

Kenya Defence Forces said AMISOM detachment from a nearby location engaged the militants using artillery and mortar fire and successfully destroyed the terrorists' camp. (The Star)

-- Kenya's financial services sector is poised for a wave of consolidations, mergers and acquisitions given recent changes in the regulatory environment, a new report shows. (Business Daily)

-- Kenya's anti-corruption commission has been ranked the second best on overall compliance with the anti-graft policy and procedure framework among 17 Commonwealth Africa Anti-Corruption Agencies. (People Daily) Endit