DIASPORA NEWS
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Kenyan politician Joseph Mboya Nyamuthe has escaped from police custody in Burundi.
Mboya, the son of former Moi-era Permanent Secretary Hezekiah Oyugi, was arrested by Burundian authorities over drug trafficking allegations. Ishami TV reports that Mboya fled after being taken to Rumonge Hospital…
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A Kenyan family is appealing for help to raise nearly Sh800,000 to airlift the body of their kin who died in Iraq.
Lucy Wambui’s body has been lying at a funeral home in the middle east country since December 2020 when she passed away.
A coroner’s report shows the 36-year-old suffered a bout of…
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Openly gay Kenyan man Kenneth Macharia has finally been granted asylum in the UK after a five-year battle.
The 41-year-old Bristol Bisons rugby player faced deportation to Kenya after the UK Home Office dismissed his asylum bid in 2018.
Macharia moved to the UK in 2009 on a student visa to study…
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Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $305.9 million (Sh33 billion) in the month of June.
This amount represents a six percent growth compared to $288.5 million (Sh31 billion) remitted in the same month last year.
Cumulative diaspora remittances in the 12 months to June 2021 stood at $3.4…
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United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party continues to reach out to Kenyans in the diaspora ahead of the 2022 general election.
On July 24th, UDA secretary-general Veronica Maina and Soy MP Caleb Kositany will be in Georgia to preside over the launch of the UDA Atlanta Chapter. The event will take…
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A Kenyan man who 'secretly' buried his partner in the US in December last year has been arrested.
Obadiah Kemari Kinara was arrested in Texas on suspicion of INJ CHILD/ELD/DISABL-BI (Injury to a Child, Elderly or Disabled Individual with Bodily Injury) offense, according to CrimeInformer.
He was…
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Kenyans living and working in South Africa have been affected by the spiraling unrest occasioned by the incarceration of former President Jacob Zuma.
The protests that have since degenerated into looting and destruction of the property began in Zuma’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal and spread to…
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Five Kenyan-born athletes are set to represent the United States at the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
The five - Paul Chelimo, Hillary Bor, Bernard Keter, Sally Kipyegon, and Aliphine Tuliamuk—are part of the 629-member US Olympic team.
1. Paul Chelimo …
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Kenyan journalist Terry Atieno is running for a political seat in the upcoming September elections in Germany. Atieno is a former presenter at Royal Media Services’ Ramogi FM and owns an online podcast in Germany.
She is one of the candidates eyeing a town/county assembly seat in Buxtehude Stade…
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Kenyan Veronica Moraa Becomes First Black Woman to be Appointed RAF Honorary Air Commodore in the UK
Kenyan Veronica Moraa Pickering has made history in the UK after becoming the first black woman to be appointed the Royal Air Force (RAF) Honorary Air Commodore.
The Air Commodore is a one-star air officer rank being immediately senior to group captain and immediately subordinate to air vice-…
