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Although there are eight candidates running for the presidency in Kenya, only two really count: the incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta and his arch-rival Raila Odinga. Daisy Maritim-Maina explains what lies behind the rivalry between the two men, and what will be driving the electoral choices Kenyans make when polls open on Tuesday.
The Gupta email leaks in South Africa have exposed the involvement of major corporations in the unfolding corruption scandals. Mills Soko argues that companies shouldn’t simply point fingers at a few bad apples. They should use the opportunity to take a hard look at how they operate, and put ethical business practices at the centre of everything they do.
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Election campaign posters in Kibera slum, Nairobi, ahead of the upcomig polls.
EPA/Dai Kurokawa
Daisy Maritim Maina, SMC University
The two main candidates in Kenya's election are incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and the opposition's Raila Odinga. Polls have them neck-and-neck. Here's what you need to know about the key issues.
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Business + Economy
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Mills Soko, University of Cape Town
The Gupta email leaks have exposed the involvement of some big private corporations. in the unfolding corruption scandal thus challenging the private sector to do some introspection.
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Health + Medicine
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Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Brown University
Human milk banks play an important role in ensuring the safe supply of breast milk. This is made available to babies whose mothers are unable to breastfeed.
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Environment + Energy
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Lourens Swanepoel, University of Venda; Steven Belmain, University of Greenwich
Agricultural pests are one of the key factors affecting small holder farmer production. Focus is normally put on invertebrate pests, but rodents can do severe damage to crops as well.
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