DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan man has passed away in Baltimore, Maryland after drowning at a lake at the Golden Ring Park. First responders from the Baltimore County Fire Department on Wednesday at 6:10pm responded to a call of a person under water at a lake at the Golden Ring Park on Fontana Lane. The man, who was…

A Kenyan family is desperately looking for their kin who went missing in Germany about two weeks ago.  34-year-old Benson Wachira, a student at the University of Duisburg-Essen disappeared on June 29th and efforts to trace him have been fruitless. On that fateful day, Wachira left work in…

Kenya diaspora remittances in 2018 were more than those of the rest of Eastern Africa countries combined, a latest report by World Bank shows. Kenyans living and working abroad sent home Sh280 billion in the period under review, according to World Bank data. In the same period, diaspora communities…

A video of Kenyan-Mexican Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o dancing with American singer Janelle Monae has gone viral on social media. The two celebrities danced together during Janelle's Dirty Computer tour at London’s SSE Wembley Arena. The crowd went wild after Ms. Monae introduced Lupita as her…

Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong’o says winning an Oscar Award made it easy for her to acquire the United States Green Card. Speaking during an interview with Thanu Yakupitiyage and Rage Kidvai of the ‘Bad Brown Aunties’ podcast, Lupita said she struggled to establish herself in the US as she…

After living in the United States for many years, four Kenyan immigrants joined hands six years ago to establish one of the fastest-growing freight companies in the country. The four; Alex Karundu, Michael Njenga, Herbert Lang'at and Bernard Lang'at formed Seagate Holdings LLC in 2014 through a…

A Kenyan aviation student was on Tuesday arrested in the Philippines with bomb-making materials. Philippine News Agency reported that Cholo Abdi Abdullah was nabbed at Rasca Hotel in Iba, Zambales, a province in the northwest of the Philippines. The country's Director of Criminal Investigations and…

Norah Borus Chelagat, a 24-year-old Kenyan student who was found dead in her university room in California earlier this month will be buried on Saturday. The lifeless body of Ms. Borus was found in her on-campus room at Stanford University in California on Friday, June 14th. Her family was allowed…

Saudi Arabian authorities have released two Kenyan women who had been detained at a labor office for several months. The two; Elizabeth Sineno from Mombasa County and Eunice Mshiki had been detained at a labor office in the city of Al-Jouf Sakaka. They were freed hours after Ms. Sineno sent audio…

A Kenyan-born woman who went missing in Germany about two months ago has been found dead. The decomposing body of 32-year-old Rita Awour Ojunge was reportedly found by officers from the South Brandenburg Police Department. A Germany newspaper reported that officers found her remains in a…