Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

NAIROBI, May 30 (Xinhua) --The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Wednesday.

-- The biggest corruption trial involving the National Youth Service (BYS) got underway on Tuesday with 54 suspects taking pleas in a lengthy court session that dragged into the night.

From the lowest rank official to the top managers of NYS, 40 public officials including a principal secretary, those on the dock also included businesspeople and companies that prosecutors alleged received millions of shillings without providing any goods and services.

The suspects who endured over 10 hours from police cells to Milimani courts listened and pleaded to charges in 10 different files. (The Standard)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga is claiming that Deputy President William Ruto is behind the push for merger of two parties led by his former allies. Orange Democratic Movement secretary-general said on Tuesday that Amani National Congress leader Musalia Mudavadi and his Ford Kenya counterpart Moses Wetangula have always hinted at running behind Ruto. (Daily Nation).

-- Central Bank of Kenya governor Patrick Njoroge on Tuesday told banks that transacted the NYS loot to carry their own cross, terming the theft of national resources unconscionable. (The Star)

-- The majority of business leaders in East Africa do not plan to hire additional staff any time soon, a new survey has found, painting a bleak future for jobseekers in the next three years. (Business Daily) Enditem