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Deported Kenyan lawyer Miguna Miguna has sued Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i and 24 other State officials, accusing them of denying him his Kenyan citizenship.
In documents filed in court, Miguna says he is a Kenyan-born citizen and has never renounced his citizenship as government…
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A 22-year-old Kenyan woman was last week found dead on a beach in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, with the cause of her death shrouded with mystery.
The body of Suzan Makena from Nyeri County was found in the sea by Dubai police on Wednesday, July 31st, which was coincidentally her birthday.
Ms.…
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Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali has refuted claims that he has blocked the mother of his son who died in the US late last month from taking part in burial arrangements.
Petronilla Munyasa had accused MP Shinali of refusing to involve her in funeral plans for their son Chris Atema, who died in Arizona…
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Saboti MP Caleb Hamisi has proposed the creation of a diaspora Member of Parliament position.
In his memorandum to the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) task force, which was formed after the handshake between President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, Hamisi says the role of the occupant of…
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A Kenyan family is desperately looking for their kin who is yet to contact them for several years after moving to Saudi Arabia about nine years ago.
Josphine Mumbi Kimani from Ndeiya in Kikuyu, Kiambu County reportedly went to the Middle East country in 2011 and efforts to trace her by her family…
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US-based Kenyan scholar Prof. Makau Mutua has questioned the source of Deputy President William Ruto’s wealth.
Prof. Mutua particularly raised questions over the colossal donations DP Ruto makes to churches in different parts of the country during weekends.
“William Ruto, the country’s numero dos,…
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A woman claiming to be the mother of Chris Atema Masakah, a Kenyan-born United States Marine who died after drowning in a swimming pool in Arizona on July 26th, has accused Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali of failing to involve her in burial arrangements.
The 35-year-old is reported to have lost his…
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The body of Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali’s first-born son Chris Atema, who died in the United States on July 26th, will be airlifted to Kenya this week for burial, the family said.
Atema’s brother Robert Ayitsi said they have made arrangements to have the body of the deceased flown to the country…
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Paul Ereng, a former Kenyan athlete living in El Paso, Texas says there are no reports so far of any Kenyan victim of Saturday’s mass shooting in the area.
20 people were killed and more than 20 others injured after a sole gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso on Saturday.
Speaking to…
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A Kenyan-born man has pleaded guilty to swindling two United States universities out of more than $800,000 in a computer phishing scheme.
Amis Hassan Raage pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Thursday before a southern California court.
The charge carries a prison…
