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Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

Xinhua, May 9, 2017 Adjust font size:

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

-- Lawmakers are split over President Uhuru Kenyatta's decision to introduce a supplementary budget in Parliament to cushion Kenyans from rising cost of basic commodities. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenya launches strategy to support greater participation of women in politics as the country grapples with how to implement a two-third gender rule to increase the number of female legislators in Parliament by two months to elections. (The Standard)

-- New crisis hits Kenya's health sector as workers in more than 20 counties strike over failure by the government to pay them their allowances as agreed in a return-to-work formula last year. (The Star)

-- Kenya has issued a travel warning against South Africa citing rising violence and crime in the country in a move that may spark a fresh round of diplomatic showdown. (Business Daily) Endit