Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

NAIROBI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Wednesday

-- Opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) senators on Tuesday defied their leader and ousted the coalition's co-principal from the Minority Leader position. Sources said the 28 senators declined an invitation for a meeting with their leader Raila Odinga to talk them out of their planned action, instead went ahead with the voting at Parliament Buildings. Odinga had met with his co-principals in NASA to assure them that he was not behind the coup that widens rift in the coalition. (The Standard)

-- The ruling Jubilee Party on Tuesday dismissed claims that controversial data mining company Cambridge Analytica had secretly worked for President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election in last year's polls. But the party admitted that Jubilee had contracted SCL, an affiliate of Cambridge Analytica, for "branding" in the 2017 polls. (Daily Nation)

-- The Law Society of Kenya has thrown its weight behind the Salaries and Remuneration Commission bid to ensure Members of Parliament take pay cuts. (The Star).

-- Kenya is leading globally in share of internet traffic coming from mobile phone overtaking Nigeria, which was top in 2017. At 83 percent, Kenya is now at the top, with Nigeria coming in second at 81 percent. (Business Daily)