Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

NAIROBI, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Tuesday.

-- A lawyer has started the fight to remove the Chief Justice and his deputy and dismantle the Judicial Service Commission in what appears to be plans to kick out the two following their cancellation of the presidential election after August 8, 2017 polls.

By filing for the removal of the judges, their fate now hangs at the mercy of ruling party MPs who are more than eager to remove them. The lawyer wants the National Assembly to request the president to name a tribunal that would ultimately investigate the accusations and recommend their removal. (Daily Nation)

-- A cash crunch occasioned by Treasury's failure to release funds to counties has put governors under pressure from the electorate to fulfill promises they made during the elections. Development funds have been hard hit, delaying because of the lengthy electioneering period. (The Standard)

-- The fate of the opposition National Super Alliance hangs in the balance as ODM, the largest party among the four forming the coalition, launches vicious attacks on its partners in what seems to be a move setting the stage to quit the coalition. (The Star)

-- Cheaper imports from Asia, Europe and the Untied States are eating into East Africa's intra-regional trade, with Kenya previously supplying 90 percent of the medicine to its neighbors losing market to India. (Business Daily) Enditem