Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

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

-- Tanzania's President John Magufuli on Wednesday scuttled Kenya's attempts to hire doctors from his country after he ordered his administration to employ them instead. The order to absorb 258 doctors he had allowed to come and work in Kenya was prompted by legal battles in Kenya which have blocked their employment. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenyan opposition National Super Alliance leaders will Thursday hold a meeting at the Bomas of Kenya, where they are expected to receive a new member into the coalition and shed light on the progress of talks to unveil their candidate who will vie against President Uhuru Kenyatta in August polls. (The Standard)

-- A rapid build-up of public debt in the past four years has put the Kenyan economy at the risk of turbulence, the World Bank warned on Wednesday, adding its voice to rising concerns over the possible impact of heavy borrowing on the country's future. (Business Daily)

-- Kenya's economy expanded by 5.8 percent last year buoyed by a rebounding tourism sector and spending on infrastructure projects to deliver 832,900 jobs amid a biting drought and credit crunch. Growth in the hospitality, information and communication sector, real estate, and transport and storage segments also rallied the economy from a revised 5.7 percent growth in 2015, Economic Survey released Wednesday showed. (People Dail