DIASPORA NEWS

Kenya Gov’t Eyes Diaspora Billions with Policy Change
Kenya Gov’t Eyes Diaspora Billions with Policy Change
The government says it is in the process of reviewing Kenya’s foreign policy in a bid to attract… read more...
Miguna Miguna Sues Matiang'i for Contempt of Court
Miguna Miguna Sues Matiang'i for Contempt of Court
Deported Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna on Wednesday filed a contempt of court suit against five top… read more...
Kenyan-Born Man Sentenced to 15 Years in a UK Prison for Stealing Jewelry Worth £442,000
Kenyan-Born Man Sentenced to 15 Years in a UK Prison for Stealing Jewe…
A 38-year-old Kenyan-born man was on Friday handed a 15 and a half year extended prison sentence… read more...
VIDEO of Homeless Kenyan-Born Woman who Lives in the Streets of UK Emerges
VIDEO of Homeless Kenyan-Born Woman who Lives in the Streets of UK Eme…
A video of a homeless Kenyan-born woman narrating her struggle in the streets of the United Kingdom… read more...
US Court Sentences Confessed Kenyan Drug Lord Baktash Akasha to 25 Years in Prison
US Court Sentences Confessed Kenyan Drug Lord Baktash Akasha to 25 Yea…
A US federal court on Friday sentenced confessed Kenyan drug lord Baktash Akasha Abdalla to 25… read more...
Kenyan Hotel Worker Shot Dead by Security Guard in Puntland, Somalia
Kenyan Hotel Worker Shot Dead by Security Guard in Puntland, Somalia
A 41-year-old Kenyan man was shot dead by a hotel security guard in Bosaso Port, the commercial… read more...
Gov't Speaks Out on Inclusion of Kenyans in the Diaspora in this Month's Population Census
Gov't Speaks Out on Inclusion of Kenyans in the Diaspora in this…
Kenyans in the diaspora will not participate in the upcoming 2019 population census, Kenya National… read more...
I’m Ready to Fly to Kenya to Testify on What Happened in 2017 Presidential Elections, Roselyn Akombe Says
I’m Ready to Fly to Kenya to Testify on What Happened in 2017 Presiden…
Former IEBC Commissioner Roselyne Akombe has said she is ready to fly back to the country to… read more...
Miguna Sues CS Matiang'i over His Kenyan Citizenship
Miguna Sues CS Matiang'i over His Kenyan Citizenship
Deported Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna has sued Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and 24… read more...
22-Year-Old Kenyan Woman Found Dead on Beach in Dubai on Her Birthday
22-Year-Old Kenyan Woman Found Dead on Beach in Dubai on Her Birthday
A 22-year-old Kenyan woman was last week found dead on a beach in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates,… read more...
Kenyan MP Denies Blocking Mother from Burial of Her Son who Died in the US
Kenyan MP Denies Blocking Mother from Burial of Her Son who Died in th…
Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali has refuted claims that he has blocked the mother of his son who died… read more...
Proposal for Diaspora MP to Represent Kenyans Abroad Presented to BBI
Proposal for Diaspora MP to Represent Kenyans Abroad Presented to BBI
Saboti MP Caleb Hamisi has proposed the creation of a diaspora Member of Parliament position. In… read more...
Distressed Kenyan Family Seeks Help to Find Kin who Moved to Saudi Arabia 9 Years Ago
Distressed Kenyan Family Seeks Help to Find Kin who Moved to Saudi Ara…
A Kenyan family is desperately looking for their kin who is yet to contact them for several years… read more...
DP William Ruto Has More Money Than God, US-Based Kenyan Scholar Makau Mutua Argues
DP William Ruto Has More Money Than God, US-Based Kenyan Scholar Makau…
US-based Kenyan scholar Prof. Makau Mutua has questioned the source of Deputy President William… read more...
Woman Cries Foul as MP Locks Her out of Burial Plans for Son who Died in the US
Woman Cries Foul as MP Locks Her out of Burial Plans for Son who Died…
A woman claiming to be the mother of Chris Atema Masakah, a Kenyan-born United States Marine who… read more...
Body of MP Bernard Shinali’s Son to be Airlifted from the US to Kenya for Burial
Body of MP Bernard Shinali’s Son to be Airlifted from the US to Kenya…
The body of Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali’s first-born son Chris Atema, who died in the United… read more...
No Reports of Any Kenyan Victim After Saturday Mass Shooting in El Paso, Texas
No Reports of Any Kenyan Victim After Saturday Mass Shooting in El Pas…
Paul Ereng, a former Kenyan athlete living in El Paso, Texas says there are no reports so far of… read more...
Kenyan Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Two US Universities of over $800,000
Kenyan Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Two US Universities of over $80…
A Kenyan-born man has pleaded guilty to swindling two United States universities out of more than $… read more...
US-Based Kenyan Nuclear Medicine Expert Advises Kenya Gov’t on How to Deal with Cancer Menace
US-Based Kenyan Nuclear Medicine Expert Advises Kenya Gov’t on How to…
US-based Kenyan Nuclear Medicine expert John Gitau Wairimu has advised the Kenyan government on how… read more...
Dallas District Attorney Seeks Death Penalty for Suspected Kenyan-Born Serial Killer Billy Chemirmir
Dallas District Attorney Seeks Death Penalty for Suspected Kenyan-Born…
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot has revealed intentions to seek the death penalty for… read more...
Kenyan Man Found Near Germany-Poland Border 13 Days after Disappearing
Kenyan Man Found Near Germany-Poland Border 13 Days after Disappearing
A Kenyan man who had gone missing early this month in Berlin, Germany and who police suspected was… read more...
Kenyan MP Benard Shinali Flies to the US to Ascertain Cause of Son’s Death
Kenyan MP Benard Shinali Flies to the US to Ascertain Cause of Son’s D…
Ikolomani Member of Parliament Benard Shinali has flown to the United States following the tragic… read more...
US Court Defers Sentencing of Kenyan Akasha Brothers
US Court Defers Sentencing of Kenyan Akasha Brothers
A United States court has postponed the sentencing of Kenyan Akasha brothers, who were set to be… read more...
Kenyan MP’s Son Dies in the US After Drowning in Swimming Pool
Kenyan MP’s Son Dies in the US After Drowning in Swimming Pool
Ikolomani Member of Parliament Bernard Shinali’s first-born son has a passed away in the United… read more...
Kenyan-Born Man Martin Mburu Voted Teacher of the Year in South Carolina's Clarendon School District 1
Kenyan-Born Man Martin Mburu Voted Teacher of the Year in South Caroli…
Martin Mburu, a Kenyan immigrant in the United States, has been voted the 2019 district teacher of… read more...
Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan Charged with Murder of 12 Elderly Women in the US, Linked to Another Death
Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan Charged with Murder of 12 Elderly Women in t…
The family of an elderly Dallas woman who died in December, 2017 has filed a lawsuit against an… read more...
Kenyan Man Kills Person in Custody, Injures Sheriff's Deputies after He Crashes into Patrol Car in Houston, Texas
Kenyan Man Kills Person in Custody, Injures Sheriff's Deputies af…
Houston, TX - A vehicle being driven by a Kenyan man crashed into a Harris county sheriff deputy… read more...
Kenya Diaspora Remittances Hit New Monthly Record
Kenya Diaspora Remittances Hit New Monthly Record
Remittances from Kenyans in the diaspora for June 2019 have hit a new monthly record, latest data… read more...
Kenyan Man Goes Missing in Berlin, Germany, Police Suspect He’s in Danger
Kenyan Man Goes Missing in Berlin, Germany, Police Suspect He’s in Dan…
A Kenyan family is desperately looking for their kin who went missing in Germany close to two weeks… read more...
Kenyan Doctor Deported from the US Seeks Help to Reunite with His Patients
Kenyan Doctor Deported from the US Seeks Help to Reunite with His Pati…
An online petition to help a Kenyan doctor who was deported from the United States two weeks ago… read more...