DIASPORA NEWS

Commonwealth Voter Privileges Right Association, a lobby of Kenyans living in the diaspora has called for a delay in the release of a final report by the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce. The lobby in a petition to the BBI team said the report should not be released until there is a…

Victoria Mugo of Aurora, Colorado says she is grateful to God to be alive today despite being a quadruple amputee. Victoria, 38,  says she lost both her hands and legs earlier this year after she suffered septic shock from Pneumonia infection. Victoria, a mother of one, was wheeled to the…

Four Kenyans, including a mother and his son, are among 10 suspects indicted in the US over alleged sale and distribution of Opioids. The 10 - four Kenyans and six Americans - allegedly worked under the guidance of Dr. John Michael Korzelius, 68, who is accused of writing medically unnecessary…

About 140 people were killed and 5,000 injured following a massive explosion that rocked Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday. There are fears that the death toll will rise as hundreds of people have been reported missing, according to the country’s health minister. The blast saw over 300,000 people…

Details of how members of a Kenyan family managed to steal over Sh2 billion from the US in tax fraud for years without being detected have emerged. A report by Daily Nation has detailed how Edwin Sila Nyumu run a crime syndicate in the US before escaping to Kenya in 2008 and hiding in Mlolongo,…

Six nurses, among them a Kenyan-born woman, have been arrested an indicted in connection with the death of a man who was being held in custody at the Midland County Detention Center. Lilian Okeri, 27, and five other nurses have been charged in manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and…

More often than not, Kenyans in the diaspora express their displeasure over how things are done back home. You will come across negative comments on social media about how awful Kenya is compared to other countries. President Kenyatta’s administration has come under heavy criticism from Kenyans who…

Lawyer Miguna Miguna has launched a new online platform to enable Kenyans online to expose “thieves and abusers of public office.” Miguna said the platform will be used to expose rogue Kenyan public officials in the wake of the government’s crackdown on bloggers. “Announcement: Because Despot Uhuru…

A US-based Kenyan woman has lost a custody battle for her 16-year-old son following a ruling made by a Nairobi court last Wednesday. High Court judge Aggrey Muchelule ruled that the woman identified in court as MAK is a fugitive and should not be allowed access to her son. The judge noted that MAK…

Barack Obama's half-brother Malik Obama has unleashed a fresh attack on the 44th US President, describing him as a snob. Malik in a recent interview with the New York Post, which was published on Saturday, claimed Obama turned into a snob after becoming rich. “He got rich and became a snob. What I…