I am trying to center align the text of kendo menu as per the div it contains. This is the navbar in an aurelia app, and its always in top. I want to center align it. If I do a top-margin, then the hover get disturbed. Here is what I have now, the height is as per the navbar. However, the menu text is not center aligned. Any help is appreciated!
.k-widget.k-menu,
.k-menu .k-group .k-popup .k-separator
{
    border:0px;
}
.k-item .k-link
{
    display: inline-block; 
    height:50px;
    vertical-align: center;
    color: white;  
}
.k-group .k-item
{
    height:30px;
}
.k-widget.k-menu-horizontal > .k-item{
   border-right: none;
}
.k-state-hover:hover
{
    background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.k-group .k-state-hover:hover 
{        
    background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}