Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

NAIROBI, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) has vowed to continue with its plans to swear in leader Raila Odinga as the "people's president" despite the arrest of one of its key strategists.

NASA leaders said on Monday they would on Tuesday roll out a program of events leading up to Odinga's Dec. 12 swearing-in at a venue that is yet to be announced. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenya received praise on Tuesday during a United Nations Environmental Assembly (UNEA) in Nairobi for its implementation of a directive to ban manufacture and sale of plastic bags. (The Star)

-- One in every two Kenyans is unemployed, with new data on the country's job market laying bare the daily struggles of millions of the country's population.

Even more disturbing is the revelation that 86 percent of the country's jobless population falls between the ages 18 and 34, underscoring the fact that the majority of job-seekers are the youth. (The Standard)

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta's government has identified four areas as priority targets during his second term in office. The list of priority areas includes universal healthcare, food security, affordable housing and manufacturing that is meant to create more jobs. (Business Daily) Enditem