Top news items in Kenya's major media outlets

Source: Xinhua| 2017-10-25 16:50:34|Editor: huaxia
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NAIROBI, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Kenya's major media outlets on Wednesday.

-- Eleventh-hour court battles may yet derail the fresh presidential election scheduled for Thursday. A case by three civil society activists filed and expedited for hearing at the Supreme Court on Wednesday is seeking to have the election cancelled and rescheduled. (Daily Nation)

-- Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday intensified his "no election" message as he held rallies to campaign against the Thursday poll that he has boycotted. His supporters, similarly, held anti-polls demos in Nairobi and Kisumu as President Uhuru Kenyatta warned against disruption of polls. (The Star)

-- The High Court on Tuesday temporarily suspended the importation of duty-free sugar in a move likely to boost the local sugar industry. Production of the commodity in the country has hit a decade low. (The Standard)

-- Private businesses lost about 7 billion U.S. dollars in the past four months as Kenya weathered a heavy political storm that preceded and followed the inconclusive presidential election, a lobby group said on Tuesday. (Business Daily) Enditem

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