Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

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

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta is seeking an additional 3.59 billion U.S. dollars loan from China to extend the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) from Naivasha to Kisumu, pushing the total cost of the pet project to 8.2 billion dollars.

The money will finance the construction of the third phase of the SGR, a 270km-line between Naivasha and Kisumu. According to the government, the SGR train tariffs will adequately cover the cost of the loan. (Daily Nation)

-- Political temperatures continued to rise in Kenya Monday after the ruling Jubilee Party alleged that threats by the Opposition National Super Alliance to boycott the Aug. 8 polls could end up triggering electoral violence. (The Standard)

-- Kenya is now seeing the impact of Brexit following the drop in tea volumes purchased by Britain as European countries increasingly chose to bypass UK with direct imports. (Business Daily)

-- Electoral commission receives a list of a record 11,309 candidates seeking to vie in the August elections, the largest in Kenya's history. (People Daily) Endit