DIASPORA NEWS

Kenya's diaspora remittances are expected to hit a new record high of Sh285.5 billion in 2019, fresh World Bank data shows. This will represent a growth of a measly five percent compared to a 39 percent rise in money sent home by Kenyans abroad between 2017 and 2018. The five percent growth is the…

Police in the United Kingdom are appealing for help to find a 25-year-old Kenyan man who went missing last week. Sammy Muraya was last seen on Friday in Hurst Way, Luton, Bedfordshire Police said in a statement on Monday. Muraya is described as black, around 6 feet tall and of slim build. He was…

Optiven Group has a vision of economically and socially empowering and Transforming the society. As a follow-up to this vision, hundreds of customers whose majority are from Diaspora were given a treat of the end of year at PrideInn Flamingo Beach Resort - Mombasa. This offer was for all those who…

A Kenyan man in Essex, England faces several sexual offenses allegedly committed over an 11-year period. 48-year-old Anthony Kamau has been charged with two counts of assault by touching, four counts of engaging in non-penetrative sexual activity with a girl, and one count of inciting a girl under…

The National Assembly has moved to reverse its decision approving Kenyan-American Mwende Mwinzi’s nomination as Kenya’s High Commissioner to South Korea. The move comes barely two weeks after the High Court ruled that Mwende cannot be forced to renounce her United States citizenship so as to take…

Two Kenyan students are set to join top US universities courtesy of the Kenya Airlift Program, an initiative by a company owned by a diaspora man. The Airlift Program is a project by US-based, Kenyan-owned Appstec America and seeks to sponsor brilliant young Kenyans to study IT-related…

Deported Kenyan-Canadian lawyer, Miguna Miguna has announced he will be returning to Kenya soon. In a post on Twitter, Miguna said he will go back to Kenya following the launch of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report on Wednesday. He said his trip to his motherland will be to test President…

A Kenyan woman allegedly offered a bribe to Cobb County police officers who were seeking to arrest her after driving drunk and crashing her car. The crash broke her daughter’s left collarbone. 41-year-old Rachel Michuki of Kennesaw, Georgia was arrested on Wednesday last week after crashing…

Wanjiku Gatheru, a Kenyan-American student has made history as the University of Connecticut’s first Rhodes Scholar. Ms. Gatheru, 20 years old, is among 32 people from across the US who were elected to the American Rhodes Scholar Class of 2020 to continue their master's studies at the University of…

A Kenyan family in the United Kingdom is mourning the death of their son who was stabbed during a house party last Saturday. 27-year-old Randy Mugo Skuse was stabbed to death after violence broke out during a birthday party at a friend’s house near Aldgate East Underground station in Whitechapel,…