DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyans in the diaspora defied the global financial crisis occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic to send home more cash. A record $3.04 billion (Sh331 billion) was received from the diaspora in the 12 months to November 2020, the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows. The amount…

A Kenyan woman living in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates has earned praise online for her kind gesture. For months now, Wangeci Waruire has been preparing and distributing food to fellow Kenyans in Dubai who were rendered jobless by the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview with BBC, Wangeci said she…

A Kenyan woman working in Saudi Arabia is crying out for help after her employer subjected her to horrific cruelty and mistreatment. 30-year-old Rebecca Chesang’ who hails from Kapkenyeloi village in Nandi County works as a house help in Arar, a city in northern Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border.…

Former IEBC commissioner Dr. Roselyn Akombe has quit her job at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Akombe through Twitter on Monday announced she secured a new job at the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).  She will serve as the Governance and Peacebuilding Africa Coordinator…

Police in Perth, Australia are holding a 29-year-old Kenyan-born semi-professional basketballer in connection with the murder of his girlfriend. Chudier Thowath Pal was apprehended after the body of his 30-year-old girlfriend, Stephanie Lee Robinson was found inside a house on fire in Ravenscar…

A 78-year-old Kenyan man who has lived in the UK for more than 50 years is fighting for compensation after he lost his job. Mohamed Ali Hirsy of London moved to the UK in 1965 and worked as a housing officer for Tower Hamlets Council for 26 years before he was let go about 15 years ago for failing…

A Kenyan family is mourning the death of their kin who died in a grisly road accident in Saudi Arabia days before flying back home. 29-year-old Fedinanda Kavuu Nzau who has been working in the Gulf nation was killed after the car she was traveling in together with her employer’s son crashed. The…

When the list of Kenyans who are thriving in the diaspora is compiled, the name of Reverend Evans Kariuki cannot be left out. The youthful clergyman moved to the US years ago with nearly nothing to his name but today he is among the richest Kenyans living abroad. Kariuki is the founder of Circle K…

Former IEBC commissioner Roselyn Akombe is under fire from Kenyans on social media after her tribute to slain IEBC ICT director Chris Msando. On what was supposed to be Msando’s 48th birthday, Akombe penned a moving tribute describing him as a brave man who was eliminated for standing up for…

Thirdway Alliance Party has settled on Miguna Miguna as its candidate in the Nairobi gubernatorial by-election scheduled for February 18th. In a statement on Monday, the party said the Kenyan-Canadian lawyer’s candidature is a “chance to correct one of the greatest political mistakes of our…