DIASPORA NEWS

Former Kenyan radio presenter Evelyne Nashipae has acquired American citizenship. Nashipae, a former head of radio at Mayian FM, broke the news through Twitter on Tuesday where she shared photos holding her US citizenship certificate. “Officially a United States citizen. The ceremony was great!…

A Kenyan-American businessman who is wanted in Rwanda has been released on bail pending the commencement of an extradition process. Senior Principal Magistrate Bernard Ochoi of Milimani law courts on Monday granted Nathan Loyd Ndung’u a Sh1 million bond and a surety of a similar amount.  The…

US-based Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o has won the prestigious PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature. Ngugi, 84, was named the recipient of the 2022 PEN/Nabokov Award ahead of the award ceremony in New York on February 28th. The Petals of Blood author becomes the first…

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna on Thursday visited the Kenya Honorary Consulate in Toronto in the ongoing diaspora voter registration exercise. Through Twitter on Friday, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said Miguna was among Kenyans in Canada who have visited…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has filed an application seeking to hold a Kenyan-American fugitive wanted in Rwanda for fraud.  The DPP wants Nathan Loyd Ndung’u detained at the Inland Container Depot Police Station for 21 days pending the commencement of the extradition process.…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has kicked off diaspora voter registration in Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in the two countries. IEBC Chairman Wafula Cahebukati says the listing exercise in the two countries will go…

A Nairobi court has ordered Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to register diaspora voters using either national identity cards or valid passports. The High Court issued the order on Monday pending the hearing and determination of a petition filed by activist Okiya Omtata…

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has sued Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo over his failed trip to Kenya. Miguna, who was deported to Canada in 2018, wants CS Omamo committed to civil jail for disobeying a court order requiring the ministry to facilitate his trip to Kenya. “She has…

A Kenyan man has been arrested and charged with rape in the US state of Kansas.  Samuel Wambugu is accused of sexually assaulting an 86-year-old resident of a nursing home in Overland Park, Kansas.  Police say the accused was a former staff member at The Heritage of Overland Park nursing…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Friday rolled out a diaspora voter registration exercise.    IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati says the 15-day exercise will be conducted in 18 registration centres in 11 countries as gazetted on January 14th. The countries include…