DIASPORA NEWS

President Kenyatta has been conferred the 'Order of Freedom of Barbados' award by the Barbadian government. Kenyatta was feted on Wednesday for his leading role in the promotion of global trade and strengthening of relations between African and Caribbean countries. The 'Order of Freedom of Barbados…

Kenyan John Gatambia Irungu has been elected as the new Graduate Student Government Association (GSGA) President at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). Irungu, who hails from Ol-Kalou in Nyandarua County, is currently pursuing a master’s in computer science at the Washington-based…

United Green Movement (UGM) party has opposed plans by IEBC to register Kenyans in only 11 countries to take part in the 2022 general election. The party termed the commission’s decision to enroll diaspora voters in select countries as discriminatory and illegal, adding that all Kenyans abroad are…

Two Kenyan athletes who were disqualified from the Quad Cities Marathon in the US despite outpacing the eventual winner have finally been compensated. The two, Elijah Mwangangi and Luke Kibet, were diverted off the course by a race volunteer bicyclist, which led to their disqualification and denial…

Police in the Spanish city of Seville are detaining a Kenyan woman over alleged attempted murder. The 45-year-old suspect whose identity was not revealed is reported to have bitten off and ate two of her Congolese roommate’s fingers to exorcise her as she believed she was “possessed” by evil…

Two Kenyan athletes were on Sunday disqualified from the Quad Cities Marathon in the US despite outpacing the eventual winner of the race. This was after the two, Elijah Mwangangi and Luke Kibet, were diverted off the course by a race volunteer bicyclist. Mwangangi and Kibet had opened a gap…

Authorities in India are probing the mysterious death of a Kenyan man in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The man’s naked body was found on Monday dumped in a thicket near a municipal school in Rajpur, a town in the district of Kanpur Dehat. African immigrants living in the town said the man identified…

A report by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has exposed the ordeals of Kenyans working in Saudi Arabia. The report tabled in the National Assembly by Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Macharia Kamau on Thursday shows that 89 Kenyans have died in the Gulf state in the last two years, with the…

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has urged parliament to temporarily ban Kenyan job seekers from traveling to Saudi Arabia. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Amb. Macharia Kamau says labor export to the Gulf state should be suspended until adequate measures are put in place to ensure the safety of…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is set to launch a mass voter registration drive ahead of next year’s elections. The exercise, which targets between six to seven million new voters, will be carried out in the country and the diaspora. A 30-day nationwide voter…