DIASPORA NEWS

US-based Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been awarded the Premi Internacional Catalunya prize for his efforts in safeguarding African traditions, culture, and languages. Ngugi was feted by the Catalonia government during the 31st Catalonia International Prize awards presided over by the…

A Kenyan-born man was on Saturday found deaden Buffalo bayou at 49 San Jacinto Street in Houston, Texas. The man was later identified by a friend as Geoffrey Chepkwony, who hails from Bomet County, Kenya. Chepkwony’s friend and former roommate, Sam Makaya, says Chepkwony was suffering from mental…

A Kenyan textile manufacturer is offering Kenyans in the diaspora the chance of becoming its agents in overseas markets. Nguo Yetu—an export processing zone (EPZ) company—seeks to use Kenyans living and working abroad to expand its exports. The company, which employs at least 300 people directly,…

The High Court has declined to stop the hearing on a case in which a couple residing in the US is charged with economic crime together with former National Land Commission (NLC) officials including former chairman Muhammad Swazuri. The couple, Francis Kibaru Karanja and his wife Martha Wairimu…

American singer Jason Derulo has gifted the family of a US-based Kenyan nurse a brand new handicap car. This was after the nurse, Florence Njoroge of Jefferson, Massachusetts was named the Health Care Hero of the week early this week. Florence, a mother of three, was picked as the healthcare hero…

Firebrand lawyer and politician Miguna Miguna says his Kenyan passport which was confiscated by immigration officials on February 6th, 2018 has been returned to him. Miguna through Twitter on Sunday said the passport was retrieved from the High Court registrar in Nairobi by his lawyers.  He…

The family of a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who reportedly committed suicide in Vienna, Austria on July 5th this year as a result of depression has buried her ashes. The ashes of Lucy Atieno Hareter were buried at the family's home in Seme, Reru, Kisumu County on Saturday after being shipped to the…

Police in the UK are probing the death of a Ugandan-born woman who was found dead in a flat in Glasgow, Scotland on August 22nd. The lifeless body of 34-year-old Mercy Baguma, an asylum seeker from Uganda, was found inside her room with her distressed one-year-old son crying next to her, according…

75 Kenyan nationals stranded in Lebanon for weeks are set to be repatriated on Saturday after they received approval to leave the Middle East nation. The group was issued with emergency travel documents by local authorities and have already received air tickets to travel home, according to the…

On August 17, 2020, a Kenyan living in Florida received a check of $400 as a subsidize for their rent. The livelihood that this Kenyan had hitherto relied on, was untimely cut short when their employer closed shop due to the disastrous impact Covid-19 had on the economy. This check marked the last…