Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

NAIROBI, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenya's major media outlets on Tuesday.

-- Security officers in Nairobi were on Monday piecing together details of a plot to bomb the city, and cordoned off a room in a prime hotel where the would-be terrorists booked since Feb. 9.

The terror plot was foiled by police officers in Merti, Isiolo County, on Thursday last week, but the possible scale of devastation is just emerging.

It is not clear where the suspects were planning to attack but anti-terror police officers said improvised explosive devices and grenades recovered from the suspects would have been powerful enough to bring down more than one multi-storeyed building. (Daily Nation)

-- Kenya's total public debt has hit 46 million U.S. dollars as at December 2017 and still rising with each passing day pushing the country to a debt trap. Experts have warned that Kenya is hurtling towards Greece-like debt crisis. (The Standard)

-- South Sudanese rebels have released two Kenyan pilots they were holding after receiving 107,920 U.S. dollars compensation for the family of a civilian killed when their plane crushed. (The Star)

-- Power bills will remain unchanged in February after hitting an all-time high last month due to an increase in the intake of expensive diesel-generated electricity to compensate for drop in hydropower. (Business Daily) Enditem