NAIROBI, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Sunday.
-- A church fundraiser planned to be held in Kapsaret, Uasin Gishu County, has laid bare the increasingly growing distance between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his hitherto trusted deputy William Ruto.
In an intriguing development, the event has sharply split the ruling Jubilee Party, with a section of MPs who had been invited saying they had received calls from a powerful but shadowy government official known for opposing Ruto asking them to boycott. Ruto, who has previously downplayed reports that a section of politicians are opposed to his presidential bid, revealed that he was being targeted through some politicians. (Sunday Nation)
-- Since 2013, Kenya has spent more than 1 trillion shillings on devolution, an ambitious pro-people initiative meant to take development to the people. However, five years later, billions of money has ended up in peoples' pockets as data from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission shows. (Standard on Sunday) Enditem
