Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

The following are the news highlights in major Kenyan media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Electoral agency has faulted a court order issued Monday extending party primaries by five days, noting it will eat into the time set aside for political parties to resolve disputes arising from ongoing nominations. Electoral commission officials criticized the courts for failing to accord them a hearing before extending the order as applied by an NGO. The poll agency had on Sunday turned down a request by political parties to extend the nominations deadline, citing a packed calendar. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenya's military spending last year rose to a new high of 932 million U.S. dollars to stand above those of neighboring Uganda and Ethiopia combined for the first time, new report shows. (Business Daily)

-- The government plans to avert chaos in the ongoing political party primaries by deploying more police officers. National government administration officials and police officers have also been warned against interference or bias in the primaries. (The Standard)

-- Opposition coalition National Super Alliance (NASA) will form a five-year transitional government if they win. This means the 2017 flag bearer will not be allowed to run in 2022, and will instead endorse one of the other top leaders. (The Star)

-- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday picked Kenya as one of the countries that will participate in the planned testing of the first global vaccine. (People Daily) Endit