DIASPORA NEWS

An 84-year-old Kenyan man returned home this week after living in the United States for 60 years. James Mugweru went to the US in 1959 through the educational airlift program organized by the late Tom Mboya and Senator John F. Kennedy, who was later elected as the 35th US president and assassinated…

A couple who shot and killed a Kenyan-born man in Eugene, Oregon was sentenced on Thursday. Regis Deray Kindred, 30, and his wife, Kailee Von Foster, 29, were sentenced in the killing of 21-year-old Alex Oyombe Gradin on May 4, 2019 in the parking lot adjacent to Taylor’s Bar and Grill in Eugene,…

Imagine moving to the United States in search of greener pastures only to end up being deported back to your country without anything after 21 years. Well, this was the case for Joy Mukwanjero, a Kenyan woman who currently leads a miserable life in Nairobi after she took a wrong turn in life. Joy…

The identities of a Kenyan woman and man who were both found dead in a guest house in Gurugram, India earlier this week have been revealed. The woman was identified as 26-year-old Ruth Gathigia Ngogu, who worked as a teacher in a local school, while the male Kenyan man, believed to be her boyfriend…

Two Kenyan nationals were on Tuesday, February 18th found dead in Gurugram, India. The lifeless bodies of the two Kenyans, a man and woman, were found in their room after area police received complaints of a smell coming from the house. Gurugram Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Preet Pal…

Kenyan students who are trapped in Wuhan City, China following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) are set to share out Sh1.3 million. The money was released by the Kenyan government to help the students buy supplies, government spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna announced on Thursday. Oguna…

A Kenyan-born man partnered with a Zimbabwean national to grow maize for sale to the growing African population in Australia, and says he is making a fortune from the venture. Paul Irungu, who was born and raised in Othaya, Nyeri County, partnered with Zimbabwean-born Handson Ndahanga in the…

A group of Kenyan students who are currently stuck in China’s Wuhan city following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) have released a video crying for help. Wuhan, located in Hubei province, is the epicenter of the deadly virus that has so far claimed the lives of close to 2,000 people and is…

Kenyan ambassador to China Sarah Serem says she is worried about the safety of 100 Kenyan students stuck in China’s Wuhan city following the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus dubbed COVID-19. In a statement sent to the media, Serem described the suffering Kenyans in Wuhan, which is on a lockdown,…

Kenya is looking to tap into money sent home by Kenyans abroad to fund projects under the government’s big four agenda. To do this, the government is working on a plan that will see Kenyans in the diaspora invest directly in affordable housing, universal healthcare, manufacturing and food security…