DIASPORA NEWS

The government of Kenya has reacted to reports that Kenyans are among people of African descent who have been targeted in a wave of racial discrimination that is brewing in China. In a statement on Friday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was aware that China has launched mass testing of…

A France-based Kenyan man who was recently diagnosed with coronavirus says he has recovered from the disease. Stephen Kinuthia released a video from his hospital bed last week, saying he would not have survived if he was not taken to the hospital. He added that he was depending on tubes to deliver…

Kenyans and other Africans in China have been thrown out of their houses and forced to live in the streets over allegations of spreading coronavirus, according to reports. The racial profiling of Africans was reportedly fueled by a report by Chinese health authorities, which indicated that 61 out…

A Kenyan family has pleaded with the government to help them bring back the body of their daughter who died in Iraq last year. 47-year-old Ruth Omungala from Ingusi village in Mumias, Kakamega County passed away in Iraqi capital Baghdad on December 26th, 2019. Ms. Omungala, who was working as a…

A 40-year-old Kenyan man who was seen entering River Avon in Bath, Somerset, the United Kingdom on March 8th, 2020 has been found dead. The lifeless body of Seth Odongo Aloo was discovered floating on the river on Friday, March 27th, nearly three weeks after he went missing. On March 8th, police…

A Kenyan man who is presently admitted to hospital in France after he was diagnosed with coronavirus has sent a message to Kenyans. In a video recorded from his hospital bed, Stephen N. Kinuthia, alias Wamother, asks Kenyans to treat Covid-19 seriously, saying the disease is real and infects…

A group of Kenyan DJs based in the diaspora have created an online platform to entertain their fans amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Facebook Group dubbed ‘254 Diaspora Djs Live on the mix’ was formed last month to help entertainers reach fans through live shows and has gained over 40,000 members…

Authorities in the UK have opened a probe against a church belonging to a Kenyan preacher for allegedly selling coronavirus “plague protection kits.”  Bishop Climate Ministries, which is part of the Kingdom Church located on Camberwell Station Road in south London, is selling the kits…

Peter Juma, a 38-year-old Kenyan-born man who died of coronavirus on Saturday, March 28th in New York, has been laid to rest. Juma was buried at a cemetery in New York’s Long Island on Thursday after his family’s efforts to airlift his remains to Kenya failed. His sister Joyce Juma, who is based in…

US-based Kenyan YouTuber Yvonne Mugure  says she is presently in isolation after she tested positive for coronavirus last week. Mugure, 30, announced she was diagnosed with the virus in a post on her Instagram page last Saturday. “I received my results and they are positive for the corona. The…