DIASPORA NEWS
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Roots Party presidential candidate Prof. George Wajackoyah says his family is in the process of acquiring Kenyan citizenship and join him in the country.
Wajackoyah, who is among the four candidates cleared to vie for the presidency on August 9th, divulged that his wife, an American, lives in the…
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Abdiaziz Ibrahim, a Kenyan community leader based in the US state of Minnesota, has received the prestigious annual Bush Fellowship.
Ibrahim and 23 other fellowship winners for 2022 were selected out of nearly 500 applicants from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and 23 Native American nations…
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A Kenyan-born man serving in the US Army made history after winning the 2022 Bolder Boulder 10K race last week.
Staff Sgt. Leonard Korir, a marathon runner assigned to the US Army World Class Athlete Program, clocked 29:28, becoming the first American to win the men's professional race in 36 years…
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Nathan Hightman, the American man accused of withdrawing and using money from the bank accounts of his missing Kenyan-born girlfriend without permission has pleaded not guilty to all charges leveled against him.
His attorney Steven Titus on Thursday said his client pleaded not guilty to all…
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Police in Mumbai, India are holding a 50-year-old Kenyan man who attacked and injured eight pedestrians in a fit of rage on Wednesday.
The Times of India reported that John Sudams Menty stabbed the victims with a knife near Fashion Street in south Mumbai at around 4:10 local time.
Four injured…
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Kenyan man Mansur Mohamed Surur, alias Mansour, on Wednesday pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic in rhinoceros horns and elephant ivory in a Manhattan Federal Court.
Surur also pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute heroin to a buyer located in New York, the US Attorney for the Southern…
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A 24-year-old Kenyan-Canadian woman has won the 42nd season of the American competition television series Survivor.
Maryanne Oketch defeated Michael "Mike" Turner and Romeo Escobar in a 7–1–0 vote to become the second black woman to win the long-running show.
Season 42 of the Survivor series…
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A 22-year-old Kenyan man was among eight suspects arrested following a prostitution sting operation in Lowell, Massachusetts on Saturday night.
The Lowell Sun reports that the police swoop was in response to complaints by the community about prostitution in some parts of the city.
In a report…
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A Kenyan mother whose son was found dead in the UK last year says she is yet to come to terms with his death.
Annie Njoroge, who had been living in the UK for more than 20 years, returned to the country last week carrying the ashes of her son Gabriel Kariuki in a suitcase.
Kariuki, a 26-year-old…
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An American man linked to the mysterious disappearance of his Kenyan-born girlfriend was last week arrested in Gillette, Wyoming.
Nathan Hightman, 38, is considered a “person of interest” in the disappearance of 32-year-old Irene Gakwa, who was reported missing on March 20th this year.
As reported…
