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The family of a US-based Kenyan pastor is mourning the death of their daughter who died during a vacation in Kenya.
29-year-old Grace Wairimu, the daughter of Rev. Charles Kihiko of the Calvary Evangelical Church in Dracut, Massachusetts, collapsed and died while on a vacation to Kenya on the night…
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A Kenyan financial expert living in Germany is making good money from the manufacture and sale of facemasks in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.
As the Covid-19 disease took a toll in Germany and other parts of the world, the demand for facemasks—which are believed to reduce the risk of being infected…
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US-based Kenyan lawyer Prof. Makau Mutua is under fire from Kenyans online for defending banned lesbian-themed romance film ‘Rafiki.’
Prof. Mutua, through Twitter on Thursday, April 30th, faulted the Kenyan high court for upholding the ban imposed on the movie by Kenya Film Classification Board (…
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A Kenyan man living in the US has narrated his near-death experience after he was infected with Covid-19.
In an interview with Citizen TV’s Jeff Koinange on Wednesday, April 29th, Ole Pertet of New York says it is a miracle that he is still alive today. Pertet, who has lived in the US for nearly 40…
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A Kenyan nurse in the US who contracted Covid-19 in the line of duty earlier this month has returned to work after recovering from the disease. 45-year-old Elon Wameyo was infected with the virus while taking care of patients at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Michigan.
Wameyo says he called his…
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The Kenyan community in the United Kingdom is mourning the passing of one of their members, Wangula Khasiani.
Wangula, an accountant by profession, succumbed to Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in London on Saturday, April 25th.
He becomes the fourth Kenyan national to die from the…
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Retired Kenyan Catholic Bishop Silvius Njiru Dies of Covid-19 in Italy.
Njiru, who served as the Bishop for Meru Diocese, succumbed to the virus on Tuesday, April 28th, in Turin, according to the Secretary-General of the Consolata Missionaries, Pedro Jose da Silva Luoro.
Luoro indicated that Bishop…
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Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $228.9 million (Sh24 billion) in March 2020, according to the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
This represents a four percent growth compared with $218.9 million (Sh23 billion) remitted in the previous month—February. The slight…
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Dr. Benson Edagwa, a Kenyan-born US researcher, is among researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Centre (UNMC) who have developed a new anti-retroviral (ARV) drug.
Edagwa, an assistant professor at the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience led the team in…
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At least 18 Kenyans have died of Covid-19 abroad, Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Amb. Macharia Kamau has said.
Macharia, who spoke during an interview with a local radio station on Tuesday, April 28th, said a majority of the deaths were reported in the United States.
The US is the most…
