DIASPORA NEWS

In 2018, Kenyans were ranked as the third most industrious immigrants in the US behind Ghanaians and Bulgarians. Kenyans scored 73.4 percent to emerge third in the list of hardworking and most skilled immigrant groups in the US, according to the report compiled by Bloomberg. Henrietta Moraa Isaboke…

Renowned US-based Kenyan preacher and motivational speaker Dr. Jacob Kinyanjui Ng’ang’a has been admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU). Ng’ang’a, who lives in Marietta, Georgia, was admitted to the hospital this week for heart failure before undergoing an open heart on Thursday. “I’m still in…

A 35-year-old African-American woman who relocated to Ghana from the US seven years ago says this is one of the best decisions she has ever made in her life.  Tiffany Soulbird, who moved to Ghana in 2013 after a DNA test confirmed her African roots, says she does not regret her decision to…

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…