People are swayed by social pressure to help relatives, share contacts or reciprocate favours received from their networks. Many also believe that corruption is normal.
Black exhaust fumes from lorry envelope a motorcyclist and his passenger on a busy road in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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Researchers have come up with a new framework that assigns an invasive species threat score to World Heritage Sites. This will improve how these species monitored and managed.
President Uhuru Kenyatta (centre), former opposition leader Raila Odinga (right), and Deputy President William Ruto launching the first Building Bridges Initiative report in 2019.
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It wasn’t just the film Rafiki - a joyful lesbian love story - but also the experience of going to watch it after it was unbanned that created a new kind of freedom.
Antimicrobial resistance is a real threat.
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Most people who received some money experienced less hunger, sickness and depression, both before and after Kenya imposed restrictions in the pandemic.
Fires on Kilimanjaro, October 2020.
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There have been several severe fires on Kilimanjaro over the last few decades that have dramatically changed land cover.
Kenyan journalists, some covering their mouths with tape, hold signs during a march to demand for press freedom in Nairobi in 2013.
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Slums are a challenge for controlling the pandemic. Strengthening their fragile healthcare provision would help mitigate the effects of COVID-19 and future pandemics.
In South-East Asia the Anopheles stephensi spreads malaria in many cities.
Jeremy Herren, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology and Clifford Mutero, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
This invasive mosquito thrives in the type of habitat commonly found in urban areas. This means that malaria could become more prevalent in African cities.
Former President Mwai Kibaki signs the new constitution in Nairobi in 2010 before former Attorney General Amos Wako.
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Kenya’s constitution-making process has exhibited a gyration pattern that often starts with a belief that governance reforms can rectify the country’s problems, but ends up as a power struggle.
Journalists need to be sensitised to the need for gender representation in media content.
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Beatrice Maina, African Population and Health Research Center; Boniface Ushie, African Population and Health Research Center, and Caroline W. Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center
Equipping parents with the right information on what to talk about, and how to talk about it, is a key step in addressing challenges to sexual health.
Underwater Kenya Wildlife Services offices at Lake Nakuru park.
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