Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

NAIROBI, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Sunday.

-- Kenyans are bracing themselves for a black Christmas in a year characterized by an economic slowdown that led to job losses and relocation of manufacturing companies to other countries.

However, as budgets get leaner, former legislators who lost their seats and cabinet secretaries who will be dropped from their posts, among other leaders, are set to get a hefty send-off that would cost the taxpayer up to 280 million U.S. dollars. (Standard on Sunday)

-- Top leaders of the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) are split over whether or not to swear in their leader Raila Odinga as the people's president on Dec. 12. The division pits younger politicians against their seasoned counterparts who believe doing so could be catastrophic. (Sunday Nation)

-- Kenya has made its way to the assembly of the international maritime organization for the next two years. The country joins other four African countries to the 40-member council. (The Star) Enditem