DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan national has died of coronavirus in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, according to reports. This was announced by Mohamed Wehliye, a Kenyan who works as an advisor to the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA). Wehliye, through Twitter on Saturday, April 25th, said Kenyan ambassador to Saudi…

A Kenya Airways (KQ) flight that was scheduled to fly Kenyans in the United Kingdom back home on Saturday, April 25th has been canceled.  The Kenyan High Commission in London, in a statement on Friday, said the cancellation of the flight was due to Kenya’s strict guidelines on Covid-19.…

Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo says the government cannot afford to evacuate all Kenyans seeking to return home from abroad in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Omamo, in an interview with KBC on Friday, said the government can only arrange for a flight to fly back those stuck…

Kenyan nationals seeking to leave China amid the coronavirus pandemic will have to pay Sh80,468 for a one-way flight ticket to Nairobi, the Kenyan embassy in Beijing has said. The flight will leave Guangzhou for the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on Friday, May 1st and those…

A Kenyan man living in the United States has touched the hearts of many after he donated Covid-19 protective equipment to Paxton Police Department in Paxton, Massachusetts. Wilson Kiriungi, a resident of Worcester, Massachusetts, delivered a package of 3M particulate respirators to the local police…

A video shared online recently has painted a clear picture of the racial discrimination people of African descent are being subjected to in China. The video shows a black man who has taken his expectant wife to the Dongguan Nanhua Gynecology Hospital in Guangdong province for a scan but the couple…

Kenya’s Ambassador to China Sarah Serem has refuted reports that Kenyans were among people of African descent who slept on the streets after they were recently kicked out of their apartments in China over accusations of spreading Covid-19. Serem, in a statement on Thursday, admitted that some…

A Kenyan-born businessman has reportedly succumbed to Covid-19 in the United States. Dr. Maurice Odhiambo Ojwang passed away in New York on Monday, April 20th, according to his younger brother Ojwang Jacobo. “This is to confirm that my elder brother, Dr Maurice Ojwang had passed on yesterday…

Elsie Kibue, a Kenyan woman living in the United Kingdom, was left shocked after learning that her photo was circulating online in Uganda, claiming that she had died of Covid-19. It was falsely claimed that the person on the photo (Elsie) was the fourth person to succumb to coronavirus in Uganda.…

Kenya High Commission in London has revealed plans to evacuate Kenyan nationals stranded in the UK amid the coronavirus pandemic. Through Twitter on Sunday, Kenya’s High Commissioner to the UK Manoah Esipisu said they are working on logistics for a possible evacuation flight to Nairobi from London…