DIASPORA NEWS

US-based Kenyan Nuclear Medicine expert John Gitau Wairimu has advised the Kenyan government on how to address the cancer menace in the country. Gitau, who made history by being among the first four students in the United States to graduate with a Master’s degree in Nuclear Medicine in 2017,…

Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot has revealed intentions to seek the death penalty for a Kenyan immigrant facing charges of murdering 12 elderly women in the Texas counties of Dallas and Collin.   Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan immigrant and resident of Dallas, Texas, is accused of…

A Kenyan man who had gone missing early this month in Berlin, Germany and who police suspected was in danger has been found. Edward Odhiambo was on his way to meet friends in the Germany capital on the day he disappeared and his mobile phone was switched off. CCTV footage shown to his sister,…

Ikolomani Member of Parliament Benard Shinali has flown to the United States following the tragic death of his first-born son, Chris Atema. The 35-year-old is reported to have died after drowning in a swimming pool while on holiday with his family in Arizona on Friday. Atema, who was serving in the…

A United States court has postponed the sentencing of Kenyan Akasha brothers, who were set to be sentenced this week after they pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges last year. The Southern District of New York Court set the new sentencing dates for Baktash Akasha and his brother Ibrahim…

Ikolomani Member of Parliament Bernard Shinali’s first-born son has a passed away in the United States. 35-year-old Chris Atema reportedly drowned in a swimming pool in Arizona on Friday afternoon while attempting to rescue a young girl of Canadian descent from suffocating in water. Doctors said…

Martin Mburu, a Kenyan immigrant in the United States, has been voted the 2019 district teacher of the year in Clarendon School District 1, South Carolina. Mburu, who relocated to the US a decade ago, was named teacher of the year for his outstanding use of technology in the classroom and…

The family of an elderly Dallas woman who died in December, 2017 has filed a lawsuit against an assisted living facility where she lived. The family of 90-year-old Doris Wasserman claims that she died in the hands of an accused serial killer, Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan immigrant who is already…

Houston, TX - A vehicle being driven by a Kenyan man crashed into a Harris county sheriff deputy patrol car on Sunday and killed another man who was being transported to jail. Investigators say a 42-year-old man was being transported to jail for drunken driving when 39-year-old Patrick Mukuria…

Remittances from Kenyans in the diaspora for June 2019 have hit a new monthly record, latest data by Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows. In its weekly bulletin, CBK said Kenyans living and working abroad sent home a staggering $295 million (Sh30.3 billion) last month, a 21 percent growth from $243…