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Kenyan-born singer Christian Longomba has died in the United States.
Christian, who was battling a recurrent brain tumor, passed away in Los Angeles on Saturday, his sister Jessy Jones announced through a Facebook post.
His twin brother Prophet Lovy Longomba was at his bedside when he took his last…
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The body of Dorothy Bosibori Ongera, a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who was buried by her partner in the US has been exhumed following a court order.
Justice Brooke Allen of Probate Court No. 2 in Tarrant County, Texas issued the order on Thursday following a petition filed by Dorothy’s father David…
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Irene Kerubo Webster, a Kenyan woman living in the US has released a Swahili song that encourages the African community in Vermont to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
Irene, a resident of the Burlington area in VT, is a performing artist, social worker, and the lead singer in the Afro-folk-jazz group…
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Veronicah Mumira, a Kenyan-born healthcare worker living in Australia is proud of her accomplishment in a foreign land.
She employs hundreds of people in Western Australia, including her compatriots, through her healthcare recruitment agency dubbed Auscare Group.
Veronicah, who hails from Mombasa,…
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A 27-year-old Kenyan woman living in the US has developed a mobile application that links professional cleaners to clients.
Diana Muturia moved to the US to study mechanical engineering but due to a lack of funds to pay for her tuition, she dropped out in her senior year and became a cleaner to…
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Kenyan-British woman Rehema Muthamia has won the maiden Miss All African Colors England competition.
Rehema, 24, was born in the UK but she spent part of her childhood in Kenya before moving back to the UK.
Miss All African Colors England intends to bring more diversity into the Miss England…
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A 68-year-old Kenyan-born man has died from COVID-19 complications in the US.
Michael Wangondu Gichuhi, who lived and worked in New Jersey, succumbed to the virus last week at Morristown Medical Center, where he has been admitted in the ICU for more than one month.
The deceased worked at various…
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Immanuel Gitamo, a Kenyan-born US Army soldier has embarked on a career in space after earning a doctorate in astrophysics. Gitamo, an Air Defense Battle Management System Operator, hopes to change the way humans travel to outer space.
He immigrated to the US in 2006 aged 19 to pursue his passion…
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Kenyan-American student Kelly Chege has been selected as a member of the maiden class of the US Global Leadership Coalition’s Next Generation Global Leaders Network.
Chege, a Ph.D. student in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, is among about 100 young professionals from 33 US states…
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Police in Massachusetts are searching for a Kenyan man accused of molesting an American woman described as non-verbal.
Brian Njeri of Leicester, MA is said to have committed the act at ARCHway, a Department of Children and Families-funded group home for persons with autism and development…
