Top news items in major Kenyan media outlets

NAIROBI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Sunday.

-- A Kenyan who has spent years in court fighting a warrant to extradite him to The Hague has now asked to be taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC). It is five years since Walter Barasa was indicted by the ICC for witness interference in cases linked to the 2007/2008 post-election violence.

Barasa on Saturday said he has been shunned by friends, is jobless and facing threats and he is now ready to surrender for reportedly tampering with witnesses in the cases against Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang. The cases were terminated, but Barasa says the psychological torture on him lingers on as his children have dropped out of school and he cannot pay rent. (Sunday Nation)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga has asked his supporters to brace for a tough political time ahead as he readies to launch a drive for a fight against electoral injustice. (The Star)

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto have tramped on the emerging 2022 power games. Kenyatta said no to those who want him to hang on beyond the end of his official term while Ruto dismissed calls to create the position of powerful prime minister. (Standard on Sunday) Enditem