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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…
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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…
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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…
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The question of whether the government should evacuate citizens stranded and suffering abroad has sparked a heated debate among Kenyans on Twitter.
This follows the recent appeals by some Kenyans, especially those working in the Middle East, seeking to be flown home after they lost their jobs or…
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US-based Kenyan-born professional photographer, Polly Irungu has had her work displayed in Times Square in New York.
Polly’s photos were featured at the world-famous commercial intersection by Nasdaq in its campaign dubbed Amplifying Black Voices.
The campaign aims at recognizing outstanding work…
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A Kenyan-born US Naval Academy midshipman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a military panel after he was found guilty of various offenses, chief among them sexual assault.
Nixon Keago was handed the sentence last Friday during a court martial at the Washington Navy Yard, where he was…
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A Kenyan family from Ruai, Nairobi County is seeking help to trace their son who lives in the US.
The distressed family says they have not communicated with Allan Gathungu Kangethe for a long time and are wondering what might have happened to him.
The last time they were in touch with him was when…
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A Kenyan family whose daughter died under mysterious circumstances in Saudi Arabia about three months ago is appealing to the government and well-wishers to help them airlift her remains to Kenya for burial.
Alice Aware Atindo, who hailed from Elburgon, Nakuru County, passed away a few months after…
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A Kenyan-American teenager who was accepted to several prestigious universities in the US after completing her high school education earlier this year has finally made her choice.
Sharon Njeri Wambu, whose parents immigrated to the US from Kenya, received acceptance to 11 top universities including…
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A Nairobi-based foreign policy lobby has castigated the government for treating Kenyans in the diaspora with contempt.
The International Relations Society of Kenya (IRSK) said the government must have a policy that protects all Kenyan citizens irrespective of where they are.
The lobby was speaking…
