DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan man living in the US has narrated his near-death experience after he was infected with Covid-19. In an interview with Citizen TV’s Jeff Koinange on Wednesday, April 29th, Ole Pertet of New York says it is a miracle that he is still alive today. Pertet, who has lived in the US for nearly 40…

A Kenyan nurse in the US who contracted Covid-19 in the line of duty earlier this month has returned to work after recovering from the disease. 45-year-old Elon Wameyo was infected with the virus while taking care of patients at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Wameyo says he called his…

The Kenyan community in the United Kingdom is mourning the passing of one of their members, Wangula Khasiani. Wangula, an accountant by profession, succumbed to Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in London on Saturday, April 25th. He becomes the fourth Kenyan national to die from the…

Retired Kenyan Catholic Bishop Silvius Njiru Dies of Covid-19 in Italy. Njiru, who served as the Bishop for Meru Diocese, succumbed to the virus on Tuesday, April 28th, in Turin, according to the Secretary-General of the Consolata Missionaries, Pedro Jose da Silva Luoro. Luoro indicated that Bishop…

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $228.9 million (Sh24 billion) in March 2020, according to the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).  This represents a four percent growth compared with $218.9 million (Sh23 billion) remitted in the previous month—February. The slight…

Dr. Benson Edagwa, a Kenyan-born US researcher, is among researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Centre (UNMC) who have developed a new anti-retroviral (ARV) drug. Edagwa, an assistant professor at the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience led the team in…

At least 18 Kenyans have died of Covid-19 abroad, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Amb. Macharia Kamau has said. Macharia, who spoke during an interview with a local radio station on Tuesday, April 28th, said a majority of the deaths were reported in the United States. The US is the most…

Over 500 Kenyan nationals stranded abroad in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic are set to be evacuated at their own cost. Speaking on Tuesday, April 28th, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Amb. Macharia Kamau said the group will fly back to the country next week on Kenya Airways flights. Out of…

Money sent home by Kenyans in the diaspora is expected to drop considerably in 2020 due to the global outbreak of Covid-19. The World Bank projects a global decline in remittances by about 20 percent citing the economic crisis caused by the pandemic, which continues to wreak havoc across the world…

The family of a 47-year-old Kenyan woman who died in Iraq last December has been forced to bury a banana stem after they were unable to bring back her body. Ruth Omungala from Ingusi village in Mumias, Kakamega County passed away in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad on December 26th, 2019. Ms. Omungala,…