DIASPORA NEWS
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The Senate has passed a bill seeking to encourage Kenyans in the diaspora to invest back home.
The Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2021, was approved by Senators during a special sitting on Tuesday evening.
The bill, which is sponsored by Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata, will…
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A Kenyan student has died in a tragic road accident in the United States.
Silvestre Kibarar, an athlete for Eastern New Mexico University, was involved in a road crash in Portales, New Mexico on January 7th. He was pronounced dead on the scene by the New Mexico State patrol.
Kibarar schooled…
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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has included seven more countries to the list of diaspora voting.
The commission announced on Friday that Kenyans in the US, UK, Canada, South Sudan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Germany will have an opportunity to exercise…
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David Kimani, a Kenyan-born entrepreneur based in the US, is taking the Birmingham, Alabama food scene by storm with a unique food truck business.
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the US in early 2020, Kimani’s family was able to acquire a truck and after a year of planning, they finally opened…
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Kenyan-American Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley has intensified her campaign for a seat in the Minnesota State Senate.
Huldah, a resident of Brooklyn Center for more than 20 years, is seeking to represent District 40 in the Minnesota State Senate.
If she wins the November 8th, 2022 election, she will…
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Romania-based Kenyan aesthetic surgeon Dr. Maria Othieno Bayerl has announced plans to introduce non-invasive facial procedures to the Kenyan market.
Dr. Othieno, who lives and works in Bucharest, says opening a practice in Nairobi will make aesthetic procedures readily available and affordable to…
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A 74-year-old Kenyan-born man who was set to be deported from Canada this week has finally been granted permanent residency.
Samuel Ndesanjo Nyaga arrived in Canada in 2000 seeking political asylum, claiming he was threatened and persecuted by the Kenyan government for advocating for access to…
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Police in India are investigating an incident in which a 25-year-old Kenyan woman reportedly committed suicide on Sunday.
The deceased was identified as Vinimanyasa Idbo, who was originally from Thika in Kiambu County.
Vinimanyasa jumped from the 14th floor of a housing society in the city of…
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Kenyan biomedical scientist Dr. Joshua Muia (Ph.D.) has been awarded a $1.67 million research grant in the US.
Muia, an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at Oklahoma State University (OSU), was recently awarded a five-year $1.67 million grant from the National Institute of General Medical…
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A Kenyan woman has shared details on how a Mzungu inspired her to move back to Kenya after living abroad for 14 years.
Through a Facebook post on Friday, Trizear Nguti says she used to talk ill things about Kenya until a white man opened her eyes to see the good side of her motherland.
“I…
