DIASPORA NEWS

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Kenya has reversed its decision to bar travelers from three US states following the resumption of international flights on Saturday. On Friday, the Transport Ministry said all passengers from the US will be granted entry into Kenya except those coming from California, Florida, and Texas due to the…
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Former IEBC commissioner Roselyn Akombe has accused former IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba of threatening her after she offered to testify on Chris Msando’s murder. Akombe through Twitter on Sunday posted a screenshot of a threatening e-mail message she allegedly received from Chiloba after announcing she…
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The Kenyan community in Worcester, Massachusetts has organized a fundraiser in support of a Kenyan woman who was hospitalized for two months after contracting Covid-19. Catherine Mwaura, a mother of two, was rushed St. Vincent's Hospital in Worcester in an ambulance on May 17th and was admitted to…
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A Kenyan woman in the US who lost contact with her family seven years ago has reportedly been traced. Beatrice Adhiambo Olwal, alias Betty Olual, had last talked to her family in October 2013 by phone and they have been unsuccessfully looking for her since then. The family had not heard anything…
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Former IEBC commissioner Roselyn Akombe has revealed shocking details about the murder of Chris Msando. In a tweet on Friday, Akombe claimed that Msando was led to the “slaughterhouse” by some of his colleagues at IEBC.  Msando, who was the manager of ICT at IEBC, was found dead in Muguga…
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Roselyn Akombe says she is ready to fly back to the country to testify in the murder case of former IEBC ICT manager Chris Msando. Msando was found dead in Muguga Forest in Kikuyu, Kiambu County on July 31st, 2017, a day after he was allegedly abducted in Nairobi by unknown people.  His…
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Kenyans in the diaspora sent home a whopping Sh31.1 billion during the month of June, according to the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This represents a 12 percent growth compared to Sh27.8 billion remitted in May this year. The cumulative 12-month diaspora remittances to June…
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The government is set to probe claims of mistreatment of Kenyan women seeking assistance at Kenya’s consulate in Lebanon. Kenyan Ambassador to Kuwait Halima Mohamud said officials from her mission will travel to Beirut next week to establish the authenticity of the claims. The Kenyan embassy in…
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The boyfriend of a Kenyan woman missing from her Washington, DC home has been charged with her murder. Darnell Sterling, 55, was late Thursday afternoon charged with the murder of 34-year-old Olga Ooro, who went missing on July 16, 2020 and whose body has not yet been found. Metropolitan DC Chief…
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Police in Washington, DC continue to seek public help in locating Olga Ooro, a 34-year-old Kenyan woman who disappeared outside her Northwest DC apartment last week under mysterious circumstances. Washington, DC Metropolitan police say Ooro was last seen walking away from her apartment building in…