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Irungu Thairu

News Writer

Irungu Thairu is a news writer at Mwakilishi, covering Kenyan, diaspora and international news. He joined Mwakilishi in 2009, which makes him one of the site's longest-serving writers.

He writes on the stories shaping Kenya and its diaspora, from politics and current affairs at home to immigration, the green card lottery and community life abroad. His reporting aims to keep Kenyans everywhere connected to the news that affects them, wherever they are.

When he is not working, Irungu likes to spend time with his family, travel and play golf.

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70 Organizations Urge DHS, USCIS to Rescind Rule Stripping Refugees of Legal Protections

70 Organizations Urge DHS, USCIS to Rescind Rule Stripping Refugees of Legal Protections

Seventy organizations across the United States are formally urging the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to rescind a rule that strips refugees of legal protections, in a jo…

Immigration7 hr ago▶ Listen
Kenyan Police Seize 454kg of Methamphetamine in Crackdown Triggered by Arrest in Tanzania

Kenyan Police Seize 454kg of Methamphetamine in Crackdown Triggered by Arrest in Tanzania

Kenyan police have seized 454 kilogrammes of methamphetamine in a drug crackdown that investigators opened after a key suspect was arrested in Tanzania last week. The haul, reported on November 9, 2026, amounts to jus…

Kenya12 hr ago▶ Listen
ACLU Warns ICE Tracks Noncitizens Through Airline Passenger Data — Even on Domestic Flights: Know Your Rights at US Airports

ACLU Warns ICE Tracks Noncitizens Through Airline Passenger Data — Even on Domestic Flights: Know Your Rights at US Airports

The American Civil Liberties Union is warning noncitizens that Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses airline passenger information to locate and arrest people, including on flights that operate entirely within the…

ImmigrationNov 8, 2026▶ Listen
Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Evening Edition, Sunday 08 November 2026
News Bulletin

Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Evening Edition, Sunday 08 November 2026

Kenyan families shelter Ethiopians fleeing conflict at Moyale, Murkomen warns Mackenzie is radicalising inmates, four die on Mombasa Road, and Kenya's opposition leaders meet to quell their feud.

Nov 8, 2026▶ Listen
Fireworks, Prayers and Rangoli Light Up India and the Global Diaspora as Diwali Peaks on November 8
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Fireworks, Prayers and Rangoli Light Up India and the Global Diaspora as Diwali Peaks on November 8

Homes, temples and streets across India glowed with fireworks and lamps on Sunday, November 8, 2026, as Hindus marked Diwali, the festival of lights and the most widely observed celebration on the Hindu calendar. The…

Nov 8, 2026▶ Listen
Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Midday Edition, Sunday 08 November 2026
News Bulletin

Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Midday Edition, Sunday 08 November 2026

Sunday's midday bulletin covers US citizenship neighbourhood checks, the Mackenzie inmate warning, four deaths on Mombasa Road, Nairobi's water shutdown, opposition politics, Iran blasts and property rules.

Nov 8, 2026▶ Listen
Kenyan Families Take In Ethiopians Fleeing Conflict as Food and Water Run Short
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Kenyan Families Take In Ethiopians Fleeing Conflict as Food and Water Run Short

Kenyan families living along the border with Ethiopia in northern Kenya are sheltering Ethiopians who fled the conflict on the Ethiopian side of the frontier, and the food and water in the homes taking them in are run…

Nov 8, 2026▶ Listen
Linda Mwananchi Accuses Ruto Administration of Fuelling Violence After Attack on Kalonzo Musyoka Convoy in Migori
Kenya

Linda Mwananchi Accuses Ruto Administration of Fuelling Violence After Attack on Kalonzo Musyoka Convoy in Migori

NAIROBI, Kenya — The Linda Mwananchi movement has accused President William Ruto's administration of fuelling political violence and intolerance, after an attack on a campaign caravan led by Wiper Patriotic Front (WPF…

Nov 8, 2026▶ Listen
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Blasts Reported on Iran's Qeshm Island and in Southern Cities as US Moves to Block Land Supply Routes
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Blasts Reported on Iran's Qeshm Island and in Southern Cities as US Moves to Block Land Supply Routes

Blasts were heard on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz and in the southern Iranian cities of Jask, Sirik and Bandar Abbas, Iranian state media reported, as the United States moved to block land supply routes into I…

Nov 7, 2026▶ Listen
USCIS Guidance Could Bring Neighborhood Investigations to US Citizenship Applications, Raising Stakes for Kenyan Green Card Holders
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USCIS Guidance Could Bring Neighborhood Investigations to US Citizenship Applications, Raising Stakes for Kenyan Green Card Holders

US Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued new guidance that could subject people applying for United States citizenship to investigations in their own neighborhoods, a policy shift that adds an unfamiliar lay…

Nov 7, 2026▶ Listen
Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Evening Edition, Saturday 07 November 2026
News Bulletin

Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Evening Edition, Saturday 07 November 2026

Kenya's evening bulletin covers new Canadian foreign worker rules, Western Kenya politics, Ebola burial rules, exam violence, the FKF upheaval, and an Equity Bank heist freeze.

Nov 7, 2026▶ Listen
Students Attack KCSE Monitoring Team and Snatch Gun at Nyabisase Secondary School
Kenya

Students Attack KCSE Monitoring Team and Snatch Gun at Nyabisase Secondary School

Students at Nyabisase Secondary School in Kenya attacked a team monitoring the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations and snatched a gun during the confrontation, the Daily Nation has rep…

Nov 7, 2026▶ Listen
Goon Financiers Should Be Cursed and Sent to Hell, Chief Justice Koome Declares, Linking Goonism to Rome Statute Crimes
Kenya

Goon Financiers Should Be Cursed and Sent to Hell, Chief Justice Koome Declares, Linking Goonism to Rome Statute Crimes

Chief Justice Koome on Thursday said "goon financiers should be cursed and sent to hell," in remarks in Kenya that classified goonism as organised serious crime. According to The Standard, which reported the statement…

Nov 7, 2026▶ Listen
Court Freezes Bank Accounts and Crypto Assets Over Sh1.5 Billion Equity Bank Heist
Kenya

Court Freezes Bank Accounts and Crypto Assets Over Sh1.5 Billion Equity Bank Heist

A court in Kenya has frozen bank accounts and cryptocurrency assets as part of investigations into the theft of Sh1.5 billion from Equity Bank, one of the country's largest lenders. The frozen assets include funds hel…

Nov 6, 2026▶ Listen
Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Evening Edition, Friday 06 November 2026
News Bulletin

Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Evening Edition, Friday 06 November 2026

Evening bulletin: Mackenzie sentenced to two hundred years, Kenya's Ebola outbreak nears its end, US sanctions a trafficking network, passport rules face review, and Charlene Ruto weds in Mwanza.

Nov 6, 2026▶ Listen
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Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Midday Edition, Friday 06 November 2026
News Bulletin

Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Midday Edition, Friday 06 November 2026

US sanctions a network accused of trafficking Kenyans, Mackenzie faces sentencing, six dead in the Eastleigh collapse, plus immigration figures and Kenya's alcohol age Bill.

Nov 6, 2026▶ Listen
Cabinet Secretary Ruku Declares Bid for Nairobi Governor, Takes Direct Aim at Sakaja's Record
Kenya

Cabinet Secretary Ruku Declares Bid for Nairobi Governor, Takes Direct Aim at Sakaja's Record

Cabinet Secretary Ruku has entered the race for the Nairobi governorship, launching a direct attack on the record of incumbent Governor Johnson Sakaja and adding a high-profile name to an increasingly crowded contest…

Nov 6, 2026▶ Listen
Wicknell Chivayo Empire in the Spotlight: Wealth Audit Puts Late Tycoon's Kenyan Business Links Under Scrutiny
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Wicknell Chivayo Empire in the Spotlight: Wealth Audit Puts Late Tycoon's Kenyan Business Links Under Scrutiny

The business empire of Wicknell Chivayo, the flamboyant Zimbabwean tycoon whose extravagant spending made him a household name across southern Africa, has come under fresh examination following his death, with his com…

Nov 5, 2026▶ Listen
DJ Paco Perez, Legendary Nairobi Soul DJ of the 1980s, Has Died
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DJ Paco Perez, Legendary Nairobi Soul DJ of the 1980s, Has Died

DJ Paco Perez, the soul and disco maestro who ruled Nairobi's club scene in the 1980s and remained one of the most beloved figures of Kenya's old-school nightlife, has died. Perez, whose real name was Prudencio Hergue…

Nov 5, 2026▶ Listen
Kisii Court Acquits Four Over Murder of U.S.-Based Kenyan-American Couple in Nyamira
Kenya

Kisii Court Acquits Four Over Murder of U.S.-Based Kenyan-American Couple in Nyamira

A court in Kisii, Kenya, has acquitted four suspects charged with the murder of a Kenyan-American couple who were killed at their home in Gesima, Nyamira County, after finding that there was insufficient evidence link…

Nov 5, 2026▶ Listen
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