DIASPORA NEWS
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The government is set to begin distributing Huduma Namba cards to Kenyans in the diaspora.
The Kenyan Consulate in Los Angeles in a notice on Thursday said Kenyans abroad will collect their cards in the respective missions where they registered.
“The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of…
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A Kenyan family living in Lowell, Massachusetts was left homeless after their house was destroyed by fire on Sunday morning.
Bishop David Karaya of CCF Ministries Lowell and his family are among residents of two multi-family homes who were displaced by the five-alarm fire.
WCVB reports that the…
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The Appeals Court has declined to suspend a High Court ruling that declared the deportation of Miguna Miguna illegal.
A three-judge bench of Justices Roselyn Nambuye, Wanjiru Karanja, and Mohamed Warsame ruled that the State failed to demonstrate how failure to set aside the High Court verdict…
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US-based Kenyan-born entrepreneur Margaret Nyamumbo has landed a deal to sell her coffee brand ‘Kahawa 1893’ in 200 Trader Joe’s stores across the US.
This makes ‘Kahawa 1893’ the first black woman-owned coffee brand to be sold at Trader Joe’s, a chain of grocery stores headquartered in Monrovia,…
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The government has revealed plans to boost labor exports in a bid to increase Kenya’s diaspora remittances.
Labor and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui said the number of Kenyans in the diaspora is currently estimated at four million but their remittance is below that of other…
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A Kenyan migrant worker who was arrested and detained in Qatar for four weeks has finally been released.
Malcolm Bidali, who was arrested in the capital Doha on May 5th, was freed on Wednesday but the charges against him remain, according to Migrant Rights.
The 28-year-old was picked from his…
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The family of slain Somali-American businessman Bashir Mohamed wants US authorities to help investigate his murder.
Bashir’s cousin Osman Omar, who resides in the US, says they have held meetings with American investigative agencies as they seek justice.
“We have been conducting meetings here in…
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31 years ago, Dr. Joe Karogi embarked on a journey to help Kenyans relocating to the US to transition, and has never looked back.
Karogi, a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, has lived in the US for 35 years and admits life there is not for the faint-hearted. Dr. Karogi holds a doctorate in…
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A Kenyan national working in Qatar has been charged with receiving payment to spread disinformation in the Middle East country.
Malcolm Bidali, who was arrested in the capital Doha early this month, worked as a security guard with GSS Certis International. He is also a blogger and labor activist.…
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More details about Stacey Marie Parker, the woman linked to the Amazon Web Worker Ponzi scheme, have emerged.
Stacey, 50, was arrested on Friday upon landing at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi from the US.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said…
