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Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

Xinhua,February 18, 2018 Adjust font size:

NAIROBI, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Kenya's media outlets on Sunday.

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga will this week hold two crucial meetings, which could give the clearest signs of his immediate political options and in the 2022 succession.

The two meetings namely the National Executive Committee and the National Governing Council of his party the ODM will be used ostensibly to revamp the party, fill vacant offices and give Odinga the go-ahead to chart his political future after his controversial swearing-in on Jan. 30.

The meetings come at a time Odinga is facing intense pressure in his coalition National Super Alliance as differences continue over his allies skipping the oath-taking event in Nairobi. (Sunday Nation)

-- University staff have threatened to call for a nationwide strike over failure by the institutions to implement their 2017-2021 collective bargaining agreement. Officials said universities have not given a counter offer. (The Star) Enditem

 

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