DIASPORA NEWS

A 42-year-old Kenyan-born man has landed a plum appointment in the Tennessee State government. Hodgen Mainda has been named the new commissioner of Commerce and Insurance by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee on Thursday, Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. Mainda, who first moved to the US in 1997 as…

A Kenyan businessman in South Africa painfully narrated how he lost his 13-year investment after a new spate of violence targeting immigrants and their businesses broke out this week. John Thumbi, who has been running a clothes store on Jules Street in Johannesburg since 2006, said rioters raided…

Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week arrested a Kenyan-born man who is accused of physically and sexually assaulting his former girlfriend. Erick Wanjiku is alleged to have beaten, strangled, raped and kidnapped his former lover after she reportedly refused to have sex with him. Police said the…

Kenyans living in South Africa have demanded compensation for some of their compatriots who lost property following the break out of fresh xenophobic attacks. On Wednesday, Kenya Diaspora in South Africa (Kedasa), an association for Kenyans in SA, said it was working with the High Commission in…

Kenyans in South Africa say they are living in fear following the recent spate of xenophobic attacks targeting African immigrants.  Kenyans who spoke to Citizen Digital painted a picture of how bad the situation is; with some saying they escaped death by a whisker while others lost property.…

A couple in Portland, Oregon has been charged with the murder of Alex Oyombe Gradin, a 21-year-old native of Kenya. Alex was shot in the early morning hours of May 4th on the parking lot outside Taylor’s Bar and Grill near the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR and pronounced dead at the scene.…

A 23-year-old Kenyan-American woman is among contestants for the 2020 Miss California USA, representing the city pf Hacienda Heights. Trina Wambui Njoroge, who was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, will go head to head with several other contestants during a pageant scheduled for January…

A Kenyan man living in the United States has come out to publicly declare that he is gay. Paul Lukas, who works with Alaska Airlines, took to social media on Thursday to proclaim his sexual orientation, stating that he was tired of hiding his status. In a post on Facebook, the mass communication…

A Kenyan-born woman in Georgia is seeking to be elected to the Kennesaw City Council in the upcoming election. Ms. Karen Gitau, who was recently nominated for the 6th annual Cobb County Community Service award, will run in the November 5th elections, according to KNS Media. She banks on votes from…

The body of a young Kenyan man was on Sunday found in the water at the Nevins Bird Sanctuary in Methuen, Massachusetts. Police were called to the scene on Sunday around noon by two people walking on the trails near the water who found a body floating in the water. A dive team responded and…