DIASPORA NEWS

A 69-year-old United States-based scholar has become the latest Kenyan in the diaspora to die from Covid-19. Thomas Nyambane of Minnesota succumbed to the disease while undergoing treatment at a local hospital on Sunday, May 17th. Nyambane, a retired professor, was a leader of the Kenyan community…

A Kenyan woman in Canada has taken to social media to seek advice after she overheard her Canadian boyfriend’s parents making racist remarks against her. The woman, who has been living with her boyfriend’s family in Canada during the Covid-19 lockdown, said she eavesdropped on his parent’s…

The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Covid-19 has called for the evacuation of Kenyans in the diaspora who desperately want to return home amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja-led committee wants these Kenyans airlifted to the country for free with priority given to students…

A Kenyan man died after his car crashed and caught fire in Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday. The man identified as Wa Martin was fleeing his home in Richmond after he stabbed and badly wounded his wife following a confrontation, according to reports. Henrico police went to the 2300 block of Fon Du…

A 20-year-old Kenyan woman who was reported missing in the US last week has been found. Janet Mwai of Chesterfield County, Virginia disappeared on Friday, May 15th, and was reported as a missing person the following day. She had last been seen on Friday by her roommate leaving her residence in her…

Kenyan media personality Larry Madowo is set to graduate from Columbia University School of Journalism after completing his master’s program. Madowo, a business editor at BBC Africa, joined the prestigious New York-based university in April last year as a Knight-Bagehot fellow to undertake a master…

A second flight carrying Kenyans who were stranded in the United Kingdom amid the Covid-19 pandemic has left London for Nairobi. The Kenya Airways (KQ) chartered flight departed London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday afternoon, according to Kenya’s High Commissioner to the UK Manoah Esipisu. Kenya…

Roselyn Akombe has pledged to reveal full details of what forced her to flee the country and resign from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ahead of the 2017 repeat presidential election. Responding to a Kenyan Twitter user who blamed her for the sham presidential election…

Kenyans flying back home from the United Kingdom on a second Kenya Airways (KQ) repatriation flight will pay nearly double what their compatriots who returned last week from the same place paid. The second KQ flight carrying Kenyans stranded in the UK amid the Covid-19 pandemic will depart London’s…

The number of Kenyans in the diaspora who have died of Covid-19 has risen to 30, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. Appearing before Parliament’s Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 on Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo said a total of 193 Kenyans have contracted the…