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Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

Xinhua,January 26, 2018 Adjust font size:

NAIROBI, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Friday.

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday told Deputy President William Ruto that he would not win the presidency in 2022 without his support. (The Standard)

-- Education will get the lion's share of this year's budgetary allocations, according to proposals by the Treasury. The sector would have its funding increased by 549 million dollars to 4.2 billion dollars. The budget is projected at 20 billion dollars. (Daily Nation).

-- A majority of Kenyans believe there are two parallel justice systems in Kenya, with senior State officials and wealthy politicians less likely to be prosecuted if they committed a crime, a new survey shows. (The Star)

-- A technical error omitted the payment of leave allowance for over 102,619 teachers in the January pay, the Teachers Service Commission said Thursday. The agency said the money would be paid in February pay. (Business Daily) Enditem