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Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

Xinhua,April 14, 2018 Adjust font size:

NAIROBI, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Saturday.

-- Details of the grand health scheme President Uhuru Kenyatta launched on Friday for secondary school students can be revealed. If it is executed as planned, the National Health Insurance Fund cover will be a revolution in the education as well as health sectors. A breakdown of the 40 million U.S. dollar a year cover shows that all students will be insured for treatment of all kinds of injuries and diseases, including Aids and Cancer.

Those who lose limbs inside school or during education activities will be entitled to prosthetic replacement at the insurer's cost. Students will also get their surgeries cost footed. (Saturday Nation)

-- Coming in the backdrop of the famous handshake on the steps of Harambee House, the meeting between opposition leader Raila Odinga and retired president Daniel Moi has shaken the political landscape to the core. Hanging in between the meetings is the political fate of Deputy President William Ruto. (Standard on Saturday)

-- The Ministry of Health has moved to stop a strike by 5,000 clinical officers in public hospitals after the Cabinet Secretary invited union officials for talks. The clinicians on Wednesday issued a strike notice accusing the government of messing up process to negotiate for higher salaries. (The Star) Enditem