DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna on Thursday visited the Kenya Honorary Consulate in Toronto in the ongoing diaspora voter registration exercise. Through Twitter on Friday, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said Miguna was among Kenyans in Canada who have visited…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has filed an application seeking to hold a Kenyan-American fugitive wanted in Rwanda for fraud.  The DPP wants Nathan Loyd Ndung’u detained at the Inland Container Depot Police Station for 21 days pending the commencement of the extradition process.…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has kicked off diaspora voter registration in Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the two countries. IEBC Chairman Wafula Cahebukati says the listing exercise in the two countries will go…

A Nairobi court has ordered Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to register diaspora voters using either national identity cards or valid passports. The High Court issued the order on Monday pending the hearing and determination of a petition filed by activist Okiya Omtata…

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has sued Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo over his failed trip to Kenya. Miguna, who was deported to Canada in 2018, wants CS Omamo committed to civil jail for disobeying a court order requiring the ministry to facilitate his trip to Kenya. “She has…

A Kenyan man has been arrested and charged with rape in the US state of Kansas.  Samuel Wambugu is accused of sexually assaulting an 86-year-old resident of a nursing home in Overland Park, Kansas.  Police say the accused was a former staff member at The Heritage of Overland Park nursing…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Friday rolled out a diaspora voter registration exercise.    IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati says the 15-day exercise will be conducted in 18 registration centres in 11 countries as gazetted on January 14th. The countries include…

A new trial for suspected Kenyan-born serial killer Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir is set to begin in April in Dallas, Texas. This is after the initial case against Chemirmir, who is accused of killing at least 18 elderly women in Texas over a two-year period, was declared a mistrial in November. The 12…

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on Thursday released the results of the first-ever survey on diaspora remittances. The Kenya Diaspora Remittances Survey shows that mobile money has overtaken banks and cash transfer companies in sending remittances to Kenya. Convenience, favorable transaction charges,…

The family of former Kameme FM presenter Jedidah Wambui Weru is in agony following her death in the US. Jedidah, who was living in Seattle, Washington with her American husband, died under unclear circumstances in December last year. Her family says she moved to the US in 2018 in search of greener…