NAIROBI, March 12 (Xinhua) -- The following are news highlights in Kenya's major media outlets on Tuesday.
-- The families of 32 Kenyans who perished in an Ethiopian Airlines crash two days ago will be flown to Addis Ababa to help identify the bodies, the government announced yesterday.
At the same time, technical assistance from the international community started arriving in Ethiopia to help unravel what caused Flight ET302 to fall from the skies. (Daily Nation)
-- Calls for the privatization of state-owned mills received a major boost after opposition leader Raila Odinga threw his weight behind the proposal.
During a meeting in Kisumu, Raila painted a gloomy picture of the industry yesterday even as fresh reports by both the Agriculture Ministry and the Privatization Commission highlighted the magnitude of the financial problems facing millers in western Kenya. (Standard)
-- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and Directorate of Criminal Investigations are on the spot over the delayed probe of 10 MPs and sugar bribery claims.
In November 2018, the National Assembly adopted a report of the Committee on Powers and Privileges that said money may have changed hands on the eve of the vote on the report on contraband sugar. (Star) Enditem
