Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets
Xinhua,February 05, 2018 Adjust font size:
NAIROBI, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Monday.
-- Opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders have cautioned the government against intimidating them. The coalition politicians called on their supporters who attended the "inauguration" of Raila Odinga as the "People's President" to surrender at main police stations in Nairobi and record a statement. The leaders said the move was meant to show solidarity with their colleagues being targeted by police in a crackdown that has seen several leaders arrested. The Opposition leaders also faulted the government for defying court order to switch on three TV stations shutdown following Odinga's oathing. (The Standard)
-- Extremists groups have turned Kenya's polarized political landscape into fertile recruitment and breeding grounds for the next generation of terrorists in the region, a new study showed. The study indicated that terrorists are capitalizing on Kenya's highly ethnic and political standoff to lure youths. (Daily Nation).
-- President Uhuru Kenyatta is staring at a court battle with lobby groups challenging the constitution of his Cabinet. Kenyatta created Chief Administrative Secretary post, which groups have faulted. (The Star) Enditem