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Kenyan media personality Larry Madowo says he has been forced to leave New York due to the coronavirus pandemic. Madowo, a Knight-Bagehot fellow at Columbia University, had returned to New York from Kenya a few days ago over fears that the US could impose travel restrictions on Kenya, hence affect…

A group of US-based Kenyan educationists have opened a website and app that allow to Kenyan learners get access to learning materials online for free. This was after all learning institutions in Kenya were closed last week as part of the government’s measures to combat the spread of Coronavirus (…

A UK-based Kenyan journalist has shared her experience after she was recently diagnosed with coronavirus. Myra Anubi, a 30-year-old radio presenter, lives in London together with her husband, two children, and mother-in-law. In an interview with Daily Nation, Myra said she and her mother-in-law…

A Kenyan-born man died in a car accident in Baldwin County, Alabama on Thursday. Dr James Gicheha Njeng’ere, 69, died on Thursday after the truck he was riding in along I-65 struck two other vehicles and then overturned into the median of the highway at around 12:30pm on Thursday. Alabama State…

US-based Kenyan lawyer Prof. Makau Mutua has rubbished President Kenyatta’s decision to declare Saturday, March 21st a national day for prayer over the coronavirus pandemic. On Tuesday, Uhuru announced the prayer event will be led by a team of religious leaders at State House, Nairobi and urged…

After quitting his job in the US last December, Kenyan-born researcher Dr. George Njoroge has begun setting up a mega drugs production plant in Kenya. The facility dubbed Centre of Africa’s Life Sciences (COALS) will stand on a 400-acre parcel of land in Naivasha, Nakuru County and has a starting…

The Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Washington, DC has suspended walk-in services at the Embassy in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak in the US and other parts of the world. Beginning Monday, March 16th, 2016 consular walk-in services such as application for e-Passport, Kenya IDs, visas,…

Churches play a big role in ensuring spiritual nourishment of Kenyans while in the country of sojourn. With the current situation where activities and congregations of people are being canceled or suspended due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, it is paramount that Kenyan-American church…

A US-based Kenyan woman is taking part in a cover girl competition for Inked magazine, one of the most popular American lifestyle magazines. Wakenya Clewis, better known as Kenyan Hippie, is among the contestants listed for the competition that is entirely done online. In a recent interview with…

Police in the United Kingdom are still searching for a man who was seen entering River Avon in Bath, Somerset on Sunday, March 8th. The missing man is believed to be a Kenyan national identified as Seth Odongo Okuku, according to reports in the UK.  Local police as well as Avon fire and…