DIASPORA NEWS

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Kenyan-born diaspora entrepreneur Laban Njuguna puts smiles on the faces of Kenyan coffee farmers. The 42-year-old owns and runs Zabuni Specialty Coffee Auction, a company that distributes Kenyan coffee in the United States. Headquartered in Grand Island, Nebraska, Zabuni gives Kenyan farmers…
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A Texas court is this week expected to determine the next of kin of Dorothy Bosibori Ong’era, a Kenyan-born woman who died in December, 2020. Dorothy’s father David Ong’era is involved in a vicious court battle with Obadiah Kinara, the man his daughter cohabited with at the time of her death. In…
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Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna says he is fearing for his life. Through Twitter on Saturday, Miguna claimed that a grey Honda CRV bearing Ontario-Canada plate number BYLM 576 has been monitoring his house for the last two weeks. Miguna, who was deported to Canada in February 2018, appeared…
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Pennsylvania State University has named Kenya’s Judy Wakhungu as the recipient of the 2022 Graduate School Alumni Society (GSAS) Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes an alumnus holding a graduate degree from Penn State who has made a positive societal impact on the welfare of humankind beyond…
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A 31-year-old Kenyan man was on Monday morning killed in a single-car crash in the US state of Massachusetts. Gilbert Kemei of Lynn lost his life after the 2017 Toyota Camry he was driving veered off the right side of the roadway and into the wood line, according to Massachusetts state police.…
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The Kenyan Consulate in Los Angeles, California has started processing and issuing e-passports to Kenyans in the US. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Thursday said the consulate now has the capacity to process and issue passports. Foreign Affairs PS Amb. Macharia Kamau, who is on a…
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Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna says he has booked a flight ahead of his return to Kenya next month. Through Twitter on Friday, the fiery attorney said he will land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on the morning of November 16th. Miguna, who was deported to Canada in February…
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US-based Kenyan sculptor Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga has won a prestigious award in the UK. Wanjiku won the Charles Wollaston Award, which is given to the most distinguished work at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London. The award comes with a cash prize of £25,000 (Sh3.8 million), making it one…
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A Mombasa court has ordered a Kenyan woman living in Germany to pay accrued service charges within 90 days or else lose a prime parcel of land on an Indian Ocean cliff. Environment and Land Court judge Sila Munyao also directed Melisa Odera to continue paying the Sh23,000 monthly service charge and…
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A family in Nyamira County, Kenya is seeking answers following the brutal murder of their kin Thomas Oyaro, a Kenyan psychiatrist nurse working in the US. Oyaro’s dismembered body was thrown out of a speeding car at Konate Junction in Nyamira on September 13th, about a month after he visited to the…