NAIROBI, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Kenya's major media outlets on Thursday.
-- A former senior official in the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, a number of judges and several government officials are facing extradition to the United States on drugs-related charges.
Sources said on Wednesday the U.S. government has already made the Kenyan government aware of its intention to charge the suspects in U.S. courts, which means Nairobi could in the coming days hand over the suspects to American security. (Daily Nation)
-- Populous Mt. Kenya region is open to forming a political alliance with opposition leader Raila Odinga ahead of the 2022 elections, Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru has said.
Waiguru said a wind of political change has hit central Kenya under the leadership of President Uhuru Kenyatta, throwing open the region's choice of a presidential candidate in the 2022 general election. (Standard)
-- The scale of ethnic imbalance in the public service has been laid bare by a parliamentary inquiry. It gives a fresh headache to President Kenyatta's administration to correct the historical mess. (Star) Enditem
