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Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

Xinhua,December 04, 2017 Adjust font size:

NAIROBI, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Monday.

-- A team unveiled by the opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) to find a way to have coalition leader Raila Odinga declared the "people's president" says it is being intimidated by the government. The organizing committee, unveiled on Friday, is supposed to come up with a plan for defying the Jubilee government, including a fresh election and secession through a "people's assembly." (Daily Nation)

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed all Cabinet Secretaries to prepare handover reports, signaling the naming of his new line-up in a few days. The handover reports will facilitate the smooth transition in dockets where new CSs will be appointed. (The Star)

-- Kenya's unemployment crisis is set to worsen in the near term as fallout from a protracted electioneering and recent policies that have upended the economy become clear. (Business Daily).

-- Opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) will continue pushing for reforms and ensure that President Uhuru Kenyatta is removed from power. The alliance maintained that it would continue with its "resist and boycott" agenda until their grievances were addressed. (The Standard) Enditem