The rapid invasion is a major threat to the environment and rural people’s livelihoods.
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Authors
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Associate Lecturer, University of Nairobi
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Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi
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Corporate Law Lecturer, University of Nairobi
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Medical Entomologist at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi
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Associate Professor, meteorology department, University of Nairobi
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Senior lecturer in Philosophy and Media Studies, University of Nairobi
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Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Nairobi
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Lecturer, Medical Law and Ethics, University of Nairobi
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Research Professor, Institute for Development Studies (IDS), University of Nairobi
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Co-Founder & Research Lead, Committee on Fiscal Studies, University of Nairobi
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Research Fellow, University of Nairobi
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Associate professor, Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi
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PostDoc Researcher, University of Nairobi
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Associate Professor, Department of Kiswahili, University of Nairobi
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Professor, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi