DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyan-American Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley has intensified her campaign for a seat in the Minnesota State Senate. Huldah, a resident of Brooklyn Center for more than 20 years, is seeking to represent District 40 in the Minnesota State Senate.  If she wins the November 8th, 2022 election, she will…

Romania-based Kenyan aesthetic surgeon Dr. Maria Othieno Bayerl has announced plans to introduce non-invasive facial procedures to the Kenyan market. Dr. Othieno, who lives and works in Bucharest, says opening a practice in Nairobi will make aesthetic procedures readily available and affordable to…

A 74-year-old Kenyan-born man who was set to be deported from Canada this week has finally been granted permanent residency. Samuel Ndesanjo Nyaga arrived in Canada in 2000 seeking political asylum, claiming he was threatened and persecuted by the Kenyan government for advocating for access to…

Police in India are investigating an incident in which a 25-year-old Kenyan woman reportedly committed suicide on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Vinimanyasa Idbo, who was originally from Thika in Kiambu County. Vinimanyasa jumped from the 14th floor of a housing society in the city of…

Kenyan biomedical scientist Dr. Joshua Muia (Ph.D.) has been awarded a $1.67 million research grant in the US. Muia, an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Oklahoma State University (OSU), was recently awarded a five-year $1.67 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical…

A Kenyan woman has shared details on how a Mzungu inspired her to move back to Kenya after living abroad for 14 years.  Through a Facebook post on Friday, Trizear Nguti says she used to talk ill things about Kenya until a white man opened her eyes to see the good side of her motherland. “I…

Kenyan woman Dorothy Bosibori Ong’era, who died in the US a year ago, has finally been accorded a decent send-off. Her remains were reburied at a cemetery in Emerald Hills Funeral Home in Kennedale City, Texas in a ceremony attended by her father David Ong’era, some of her siblings, and friends. "I…

Morgan State University (MSU), a historically black university in Baltimore, Maryland has launched an alumni association in Kenya. The move is aimed at strengthening Morgan’s connection with former students and tap into their expertise. MSU Kenyan alumni chapter was launched in Nairobi on Tuesday…

Kenyans in the diaspora sent home $329.1 million (Sh36.02 billion) in November, the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows. This represents a five percent drop from Sh38 billion ($337.4 million) received in the previous month which was a record for remittances in a single month. The…

UK-based Kenyan scholar Dr. Patricia King’ori has made history after attaining a full professorship at the prestigious Oxford University. This makes the Kenyan-born sociologist one of the youngest female scholars to become a full professor in the Ivy-league college’s 925-year history. She also…