Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

NAIROBI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Sunday.

-- The 13 secretaries whose names were missing from President Uhuru Kenyatta's recent partial list of a new team are engaged in intense behind-the-scenes fight for survival ahead of the unveiling of the full Cabinet this week.

When he named his partial Cabinet two weeks ago, Kenyatta omitted all those serving in the current four dockets aligned to his "Big Four" agenda. The ministers who were left out have in the last week been energized and going on with their duties in the hope that they would be retained. (Sunday Nation)

-- The clamor for dialogue between Kenyan political actors has moved a notch higher with the U.S. government setting aside a special kitty for the talks. U.S. envoy in Nairobi said the money would facilitate "national conversation." (Standard on Sunday)

-- Kenya is trailing in East Africa's rankings for women representation in parliament, with the number standing at 23.6 percent of the total legislators. (The Star) Enditem