DIASPORA NEWS

Keegan Oyugi, a 26-year-old Kenyan-American man who disappeared two weeks ago is yet to be found.  On Saturday, about 75 volunteers came together to search for the Crown College graduate who went missing on June 12th. The Saturday search exercise in Savage area was coordinated by Minnesota…

The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office has shelved plans to seek the death sentence for suspected Kenyan-born serial killer Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir.  Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot on Thursday confirmed his office will seek a life sentence instead of the death penalty.…

A Kenyan man who was awarded $641,950 in damages by the Bahamas Supreme Court for unlawful arrest, detention, and inhuman treatment has challenged the ruling.  Douglas Ngumi wants the court to award him $11 million in restitution for the injustices meted out to him. The 50-year-old Kenyan…

A Kenyan family from Nakuru is appealing for help to rescue their kin who has been languishing in an Omani jail. Noela Njeri was reportedly arrested and incarcerated about eight months ago over an alleged debt amounting to 1,000 Oman Rials (Sh280,000). Her mother Teresa Wambui Omuhaya says the debt…

The family of Keegan Oyugi, a Kenyan-American man who went missing on June 12th in Minnesota wants the case handed over to a larger agency with more capacity and resources. Addressing the media on Wednesday, Oyugi’s parents Richard and Mirriam Oyugi of Wichita, Kansas demanded that the Minnetrista…

A 45-year-old Kenyan man has been charged in Canada for allegedly poisoning two children. Francis Ngugi is accused of poisoning three-year-old Bernice Nantanda Wamala and her best friend in Scarborough, Toronto on March 7th this year. Bernice died a few hours later while undergoing treatment while…

A 36-year-old Kenyan woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank fraud in the US. Florence Mwende Musau, a former resident of Canton, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty on Monday in connection with her role in a fraud conspiracy involving romance scams targeting individuals in the US…

United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party plans to open a second diaspora liaison office in the United Kingdom. The Deputy President William Ruto-led party is looking to unveil the office in London in August, according to Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata. “UDA is an international party with a cross-…

Kenyans in the diaspora sent home $315.8 million (Sh34 billion) in May, the highest ever amount received in a single month.  The remittances represent a 22.3 percent growth compared to the same month in 2020 when the amount stood at $258.2 million (Sh27.8 billion). Cumulative inflows in the 12…

A Kenyan family in the US is desperately searching for their son who went missing on June 12th. Keegan Oyugi, 26, was last seen at 4:00 am leaving the Prior Lake and Savage area on his way home in St. Bonifacius, Minnesota. He was driving a 2012 red Ford Mustang with a white stripe on the rocker…