DIASPORA NEWS

Police in South Sudan are holding two Kenyan medics for allegedly fighting while onboard a flight. Nicholas Wamwangi (30) and Kelvin Kimani (29), both aid workers, are being held in remand in Aweil, the capital city of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal region. Nation reports that the two exchanged blows…

Kenya has opened an embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia in a move aimed at enhancing cooperation and ties between the two nations. Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amb. Raychelle Omamo presided over the opening of the new mission on Thursday in the company of her Indonesian counterpart Retno Lestari…

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has endorsed Deputy President William Ruto for President. Miguna, who was deported from Kenya in February 2018, says it is time for Kenyans to end what he termed as the “cycle of dynastic tyranny” that President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga are trying…

The death of a Kenyan student in Canada has triggered a debate in the North American nation over the huge medical bill he left behind. Tevin Obiga, 25, passed away last week at St Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he was receiving treatment for blastomycosis, a fungal infection that…

Two Kenyan-born innovators have been featured in this year’s Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list. Joseph Kitonga (24) and Nelly Cheboi (29), both based in the United States, were recognized for the great impact made by the companies they founded. Kitonga was born in Kenya before migrating to the United…

A Kenyan-born man accused of murdering at least 18 elderly women at senior living facilities in Dallas, Texas has finally spoken out. Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir spoke last week to The Dallas Morning News via phone from jail, where he stated that he is innocent and expressed confidence that he will be…

26 Kenyans who were trapped in the Ukrainian city of Sumy amid the ongoing Russian invasion have been evacuated, the government has said. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the 26 students were rescued from the northeastern city through the humanitarian corridor to Poltava and are…

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says a rescue mission was dispatched to evacuate 26 Kenyans stranded in Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion. The 26 Kenyans, mostly students, are stranded in Sumy, a city in northeastern Ukraine, where at least 21 people were killed following an airstrike by…

Deputy President William Ruto has played down concerns of vote-rigging in the forthcoming elections. Ruto, who is presently on a tour of the United Kingdom, assured his diaspora supporters that the August 9th presidential election will be free and fair, saying he has trust in the Independent…

Deputy President William Ruto has continued to woo Kenyans in the diaspora to back his quest for the presidency. At a meeting with a group of Kenyans living in the UK, Ruto pledged that if elected president, he will introduce a ‘diaspora bond’ that will enable Kenyans abroad to lend money to the…