Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

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

-- Opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) proposed positions of premier cabinet secretary and his two deputies in a power-sharing agreement deposited with the Registrar of Political parties last week has caused a storm, with the ruling Jubilee party warning that Kenyans might be forced to spend billions on constitutional amendments. However, NASA lawyers who drafted the deal argued that the new positions are in line with the constitution and therefore would not need a lengthy process of changing the law to create them. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenyan workers on Sunday revived their calls for a 22 percent basic-pay rise, asking President Uhuru Kenyatta to make the announcement at the Labor Day celebrations Monday. Kenyatta is expected to preside over the event. (The Standard)

-- About 70 percent of Standard Three pupils in Kenya cannot handle Class Two work, a new study by an education think-thank shows. The report warns education standards in Kenya are falling at alarming levels. (The Star)

-- Inflation has hit a fresh 57-month high of 11.5 percent, lifted by higher food prices that have been on the rise since last year. (Business Daily) Endit