DIASPORA NEWS
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The family of a Kenyan woman who died in Saudi Arabia last year is appealing for financial assistance to transport her remains to Kenya for burial.
Holiness Wawuda, 52, is said to have collapsed in police cells in Riyadh on October 10th, 2021, and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital in the…
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Kenyans in the US and 10 other countries can book an appointment to register as voters ahead of the forthcoming elections.
Those wishing to vote in the August 9th elections are required to book an appointment on https://cvr.iebc.or.ke/#appointment, then visit the nearest Kenyan high…
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Kenyan-born medic Asha Sigei has been appointed the new Chief Pathologist and Medical Director of the Iredell Memorial Laboratory in Statesville, North Carolina.
Her appointment was announced by the Iredell Health System, a non-profit organization based in Iredell County.
Sigei, of Piedmont…
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A Kenyan man was on Saturday arrested in Atlanta, Georgia in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a seven-year-old girl with autism last week.
47-year-old David Ngugi of Acworth was apprehended after video evidence and assistance from the public helped investigators to track him down…
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Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna says he will renounce his Kenyan citizenship if ODM leader Raila Odinga becomes president.
Using the hashtag #RejectRailaOdinga, Miguna also stated that he will sell all his property in Kenya should the ODM leader be elected as Kenya’s fifth president.
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Kenyans abroad have set a new all-time yearly record for diaspora remittances after sending home $3.718 billion (Sh421.6 billion) in 2021.
The inflows grew 20.2 percent from $3.094 billion (Sh350.9 billion) remitted in the previous year, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (…
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Kenyans in the US have threatened to sue IEBC for changing rules ahead of the diaspora voter registration exercise, which begins next week.
Dr. Bernard Marasa, the president of the Kenya Diaspora Alliance USA Chapter, faulted the electoral commission for changing dates and leaving out the US in the…
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The Senate has passed a bill seeking to encourage Kenyans in the diaspora to invest back home.
The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was approved by Senators during a special sitting on Tuesday evening.
The bill, which is sponsored by Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata, will…
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A Kenyan student has died in a tragic road accident in the United States.
Silvestre Kibarar, an athlete for Eastern New Mexico University, was involved in a road crash in Portales, New Mexico on January 7th. He was pronounced dead on the scene by the New Mexico State patrol.
Kibarar schooled…
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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has included seven more countries to the list of diaspora voting.
The commission announced on Friday that Kenyans in the US, UK, Canada, South Sudan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Germany will have an opportunity to exercise…
