Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

Source: Xinhua| 2018-01-24 17:29:23|Editor: huaxia
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NAIROBI, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Kenya's major media outlets on Wednesday.

-- The Kenyan government plans to create 1.3 million manufacturing jobs by 2022 and achieve a 100-percent health coverage for all Kenyans.

This means on average 706 jobs will have to be created each day to achieve the 1.29 million target. In the leather industry, President Uhuru Kenyatta targets the production of 20 million shoes by 2022, while increasing export revenue in the industry. Kenya buys 30 million shoes yearly.

In textile, the government is targeting the development of cotton production using hybrids that will give three times yields. Some 50,000 people would be involved in the sector. (Daily Nation)

-- Each of the 416 MPs will pocket at least 6,485 U.S. dollars extra in allowances at the end of this month after the suspension of a pay structure that would have slashed their salaries. (The Standard)

-- South Sudanese rebels have refused to release two Kenyan pilots until they pay 194,175 U.S. dollars compensation to families of those killed in a crash involving the plane they were flying. (The Star)

-- French firm Total has committed to invest in the Lokichar-Lamu pipeline boosting Kenya's efforts to develop its own oil fields and realize the ambition to export the mineral. (Business Daily) Enditem

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