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The morning mist lifts from Lake Victoria as Michael Otieno surveys the thick, green mats of water hyacinth choking...
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The high cost of rising seas, and who shoulders it. By Ethical Business Analysis Desk Kenya’s 536-kilometre coastline has...
By Ethical Business Analysis Desk Kenya’s 640-kilometre coastline is more than a postcard paradise, it is a vital, underutilised...
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