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Kenyans living and working in North America defied the Covid-19 pandemic to send home a whopping $145.95 million (Sh15.7 billion) in May.
This is the highest ever amount of money received from the region that includes the US, Canada, and Mexico in a month, according to data by the Central Bank of…
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A 35-year-old Kenyan woman who reportedly committed suicide in Vienna, Austria early this month as a result of depression is set to be cremated.
Lucy Atieno Hareter was run over by a train after she allegedly threw herself on the railway line at the Bahnhof Atzgersdorf train station in the 12th…
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Canada-based Kenyan activist and journalist Samuel Okemwa who was arrested in Tanzania on Monday has been released.
Okemwa, a close friend of lawyer Miguna Miguna, was apprehended by police officers in Tanzania’s capital, Dodoma, and his passport confiscated. A video shared online shows Okemwa…
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Kenyan journalist, Yassin Juma who was arrested in Ethiopia early this month is set to be arraigned in court next week.
Juma was arrested on Friday, July 3rd while covering protests that broke out in Ethiopia's Oromia region following the killing of popular musician Hachalu Hundessa.
Hundessa, who…
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A Kenyan woman has been reported missing in Washington, DC. Metropolitan D.C. Police say 34-year-old Olga Ooro was reported missing on Sunday, July 19th. Police say Ooro went missing under suspicious circumstances and was last seen in the 300 block on Massachusetts Ave, NW, DC.
Ooro is described as…
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US-based law scholar Prof. Makau Mutua has turned down an offer to work for Deputy President William Ruto.
Mutua in an article published on Daily Nation implied that he was being lured into joining Ruto’s 2022 presidential campaign team, declaring that he would “never ever” work with the DP.
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New Kenyan Ambassador to the US Lazarus Amayo has submitted his diplomatic credentials to President Trump.
Amayo, who reported for duty in Washington DC this week, was among eight foreign diplomats who presented their Letters of Credence to Trump in a ceremony at the White House on Friday.
The…
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Kenyan lawyer Ceda Ogada has been named the new Secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Director of the Secretary’s Department.
Ogada was appointed to the position by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to replace Jianhai Lin, who is retiring.
Ms. Georgieva in a statement on…
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174 Kenyans who were stranded in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have been repatriated.
A Saudi Airlines flight carrying the group of Kenyans left the port city of Jeddah for Nairobi at 7.45 am on Wednesday, according to the Kenyan Embassy in Riyadh.
The…
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Kenya’s new ambassador to the US Lazarus Ombai Amayo has reported for duty in Washington, DC.
Amayo was appointed to the position by President Kenyatta in May last year to replace Robinson Njeru Githae. Githae, who has served in the post for five years before being moved to Vienna, Austria.
Amayo…
