The transactional nature of politics reduces opportunities for debate and dialogue between elected officials and their constituents.
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Kenya should improve access to life saving vaccines, and train healthcare workers on patient management and best practices.
The Ngara project is only 17% complete but has so far generated 650 direct jobs for artisans.
These types of projects can be quite harmful. They affect the land, people and biodiversity and must be planned with all this in mind - building in future climate scenarios too.
The country’s urban centres where unvaccinated people live in crowed settlements are key risk areas.
Politics is turning into a playground for the country’s elite in the absence of other avenues through which to rise to fame – and fortune.
Hardline positions could narrow the options available to farmers and conservation practitioners in a way that can be harmful to both.
Kenya should develop market standards that guide the quality of potatoes sold in local markets.
The manner in which people access water differs according to income. People in high- and middle- income areas tend to have piped connections in their homes.
Many of the temperatures presently being recorded in Africa, and those projected in the next decade, are already close to the limits of human survival, or “liveability”.
Tracking the pandemic’s waves enables authorities and policy makers to take action to keep new waves at bay.
Il n’est pas parfait, mais un premier vaccin contre le paludisme vient d’être recommandé par l’OMS. RTS,S est un espoir. De quoi relancer la lutte contre un parasite dur à combattre et à traiter.
The WHO and the manufacturers of the vaccine will be rallying countries, particularly those with high malaria burdens, to adopt the vaccine.
Vertidos de petróleo, edificios agrietados y contaminación. Son sólo algunos de los efectos medioambientales del enorme proyecto ferroviario de Kenia.
Lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID-19 had various effects on food as it went from farms to plates.
Oil spills, cracked buildings and pollution. Just some of the environmental effects of Kenya’s massive railway project.
The country has argued that the International Court of Justice deprived the parties of the chance to resolve the issue diplomatically.
Entertainment, sports and tourism industries can learn valuable lessons from how Saudi Arabia managed the annual pilgrimage during a pandemic.
The issue of whether judges should exercise judicial activism or judicial restraint revolves around the doctrine of separation of powers and the proper remit of judicial power in a democracy.
Following a healthy diet may lower the risk of disease complications and allow patients to live well despite having the disease.
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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