DIASPORA NEWS

The employer of a Kenyan woman who died under mysterious circumstances in Saudi Arabia in June this year has paid the deceased’s family SAR3,600 (Sh104,000). The amount was outstanding salary arrears owed to Alice Owuor Tindo by the Saudi Arabian widow before her death on June 14th, according to…

US-based BBC journalist Larry Madowo has earned praise Kenyans on social media after he interviewed American billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates. Madowo spoke to the Microsoft Founder about the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in an exclusive interview aired on BBC TV and radio on…

A UK-based Kenyan doctor protested after he was blocked from donating blood owing to his relationship with his wife, also a Kenyan. Francis Githae Muriithi, an obstetrician and gynecologist in the East Midlands, was told he could not donate blood due to the tough rules enacted by the UK’s National…

African Diaspora Asset Managers (ADAM) Limited, which is targeting Kenyans and other African clients abroad, has been granted a fund manager’s license. The license issued by the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) paves the way for the company to offer financial products and services in asset…

Imagine working abroad for nearly a decade only to return home without anything. This is the story of Teresia Wambui, a Kenyan mother of two who recently returned to the country from Lebanon after nine years. Wambui, who hails from Thika, Kiambu County moved to the Gulf nation in 2011 with the hope…

Kenyans in the US are among SendWave customers who have fallen victim to online fraudsters posing as the cash transfer company’s employees. The impersonators are sending out emails to unsuspecting SendWave customers asking them to update their account details, according to reports. Kenya Satellite…

Police in the US are holding a 35-year-old Ghanaian pastor for fatally shooting his wife in Orlando, Florida. Sylvester Ofori is said to have shot dead his 27-year-old wife, Barbra Tommey outside her workplace at the Navy Federal Credit Union, Orlando branch on Tuesday, September 8th, according to…

An online petition seeking to have President Kenyatta order the processing of e-passport biometrics at the Kenya’s consulate in Los Angeles, California has been launched.  The petition started by Paddy Mwembu at Change.org has gained the support of Kenyans living in the US and had been signed…

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $276.9 million (Sh30.03 billion) in July, according to the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).  This represents a four percent drop from $288.5 million (Sh31.28 billion) received in the previous month. July’s remittances from Kenyans in…

A Kenyan mother whose son recently died in the US has appealed for help from the government and well-wishers to airlift his remains to Kenya for burial. Paulina Chebet’s first-born son, Geoffrey Chepkwony was on August 29th found dead in a bayou at 49 Jacinto Street in Houston, Texas by members of…