NAIROBI, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Kenyan media outlets on Monday.
-- Electoral commission and church leaders are this week expected to step up efforts to break the political impasse ahead of the repeat presidential election. Some of the initiatives lined up are geared towards having President Uhuru Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga negotiate a truce.
The clergy has written to Kenyatta and Odinga requesting a meeting to resolve the standoff over the Oct. 26 presidential election. And the electoral commission is Monday scheduled to hold talks with envoys, who have separately met opposition leaders. (The Standard)
-- A United Nations agency has cancelled a high-profile conference scheduled for Nairobi next week due to political uncertainty. The UN program on HIV/Aids cancelled Kenya's hosting of a global prevention coalition meeting on Oct. 10 and 11, due to political tensions. (Business Daily)
-- Elections officials will not be allowed to submit poll results without accompanying them with proof of signed forms in the Oct. 26 repeat elections. This is among the steps the electoral commission is pushing to seal the loopholes that resulted in the annulment of the Aug. 8 presidential election. (Daily Nation)
-- Kenyans are yet to enjoy the constitutional provision on the right to access information held by the state, the State of Right to Information in Africa 2017 report showed. (The Star) Enditem
