Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

NAIROBI, March 23 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Friday.

-- A survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics released Thursday shows that only 7 million Kenyans are unemployed. Out of these, 1.4 million have been desperately looking for a job while the rest have given up on job-hunting with some opting to go back for further studies. The survey paints a grim picture of the country's unemployment levels while shattering the 40 percent unemployment rate myth. The survey said 20 million Kenyans are active in the labor force, majority in low cadre, poor-paying jobs. (The Standard)

-- The government will lift the ban on poultry products from Uganda in totality after a 15-month embargo that saw chicken and eggs prohibited from accessing the 5 million U.S. dollars market. (Business Daily).

-- President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday saved a Cabinet Secretary from being impeached by MPs after asking the sponsor of the motion to drop it. The health minister is being accused of failing to end the rot at the country's top referral hospital. (Daily Nation).

-- The political truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his arch-rival Raila Odinga has split legislators on the position to take when Kenyatta gives the State of the Nation address in parliament next Thursday. (The Star) Enditem