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The Ministry of Labor is in the process of setting up a data management system for Kenyans working abroad.
The database will help the government keep track of Kenyan migrant workers amid a spike in the number of citizens moving abroad in search of greener pastures.
With the database, it will…
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A Kenyan family is appealing for help to find their kin, who was reported missing in the United States.
Joshua Mbira Wanene, 38, last communicated with his family members about two years ago, and efforts to trace him since then have been futile.
His mother Margret Wanjiru Wanene, who lives in…
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A Kenyan man who has spent 16 years at a US military prison in Cuba is set to be repatriated to Kenya.
Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu’s attorney Mark Maher says plans for the repatriation of the Kenyan are at an advanced stage.
The US’ Periodic Review Board (PRB) approved the release of Malik from the…
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A US-based Kenyan artist has accused celebrated singer Jacob Obunga, alias Otile Brown, of defrauding him.
Albert Oino, aka Alberndra Mwanakendra, claims Otile swindled him out of over Sh80,000 after reaching out to him last year for a possible collaboration and he agreed.
Oino, an upcoming…
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A Nakuru court has granted a father custody of his two minor children in what is considered a landmark ruling for child custody cases in Kenya.
This case involved divorced couple Alex Njuguna Kagwe and Sylvia Mueni Musyoka, who were each seeking custody of their two kids aged 15 and eight.
While…
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A Kenyan man has been charged in a US court for allegedly defrauding Bernalillo County through a wire transfer scheme.
Oscar Kipkirui Ng’eno, 41, was arraigned in federal court on March 30th on an indictment charging him with 10 counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy.
Ng’eno, who was…
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Kenya’s Ambassador to Qatar Patrick 'Paddy' Cornel Odero Ahenda has passed away aged 69.
Confirming his passing, his brother Gabriel Ahenda said the family was shocked by his death as the diplomat was in “fairly good health.”
“Paddy was in fairly good health. Last Thursday, he even…
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Pascal Odira Ndiege, the younger brother to the late Kenyan politician Tom Mboya has died in the United States aged 69.
Odira passed away in Sacramento, California where he was living with his family, according to reports.
In 1974, courtesy of his late brother Mboya’s friends, the deceased…
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Tatu City has launched a raffle that will see a lucky Kenyan diaspora winner flown home from any location in the world.
Entry into the raffle is free and open to any Kenyan living and working abroad aged 18 and above.
As an added bonus, the winner will be given a chance to invite a friend or family…
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Azimio La Umoja presidential flagbearer Raila Odinga has started assembling his diaspora campaign team ahead of the August 9th elections.
Odinga, through a letter dated March 30th, appointed three strategists to spearhead his campaign in the United Kingdom and Europe.
The three, Ali Ali,…
