DIASPORA NEWS
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Four Kenyan migrant workers were on Monday night killed in a grisly road accident in Qatar.
The four died alongside three other people after the bus they were traveling in collided with a truck in the Qatari capital Doha. All the victims were employees of European Guardian & Security Services…
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The family of an 18-month-old Kenyan-Danish girl who requires the world’s most expensive drug to save her life can breathe a sigh of relief.
On Tuesday, the family announced they hit the target of raising $2.1 million (Sh230 million) to get the life-saving treatment for their daughter Ayah Lundt.…
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Kenyan ambassador to Namibia Benjamin Langat has come under heavy criticism for allegedly engaging in game hunting.
This comes after a photo of the diplomat posing with a slain Greater Kudu surfaced on social media on Monday, triggering outrage.
The photo shows Langat, who is wearing a jungle…
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The family of Australia-based Kenyan-born politician Lucy Gichuhi and her husband Don Gichuhi is mourning the death of their first-born daughter Peris Wanjiru.
Peris, alias Kadada, passed away in Adelaide, Australia on August 26th aged 33 years, but the family did not disclose the cause of her…
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A family in Kajiado is celebrating the return of their daughter who was stuck in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for eight months after falling out with her employer.
23-year-old Lilian Rimanto flew back to the country on Thursday following an intervention of the Kajiado County government…
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A Kenyan nurse has died under unclear circumstances in Texas. Beatrice Danielle Dagosi Ogutu was found dead inside her car at a parking lot in Dallas, Texas on August 21st.
Before she was discovered dead, CCTV cameras showed her walking to the car and behaving like the car had some problem. This…
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A diaspora investment group has accused lawyer Isolina Kinyua of conning them Sh1.8 million and wants the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) to take action against her.
Royal Women Investment Company, which is made up of seven Kenyans based in the diaspora, says it hired the attorney’s law firm Isolina…
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Kenyans abroad sent home $336.7 million (Sh36.9 billion) in July, breaking the previous monthly record of $315.8 million (Sh34 billion) set in May.
The July diaspora remittances represent a 21.6 percent growth compared to $277 million (Sh30.4 billion) received in the same month in 2020.
Cumulative…
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A Kenyan doctor has been named the best black African university student in the United Kingdom.
Elisha Ngetich, a Rhodes scholar currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Surgical Sciences at Oxford University, was ranked number one in this year’s Rare Rising Star Awards.
The annual awards celebrate the UK’s…
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Three Kenyans have been rescued from Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of the country.
Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said one of the rescuees was working for the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and arrived in the country on Wednesday.
The other two were employed…
