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US-based Kenyan scholar Prof. Makau Mutua has slammed Kenya's High Court over its ruling on legalizing homosexuality in the country. In their ruling on Friday, a three-judge bench comprising of Justices Roselyne Aburili, Chacha Mwita and John Mativo, dismissed a case seeking to have sections of…
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A Kenyan gay rugby player in the United Kingdom has expressed concerns over the delay of his asylum application. Kenneth Macharia, a rugby player with Bristol Bisons team, is claiming asylum citing fears of violence in Kenya because he is gay. It is nearly one year since the UK Home Office began…
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The government has announced it will roll out issuance of e-passports to Kenyans in the diaspora in different centers abroad. Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Monica Juma says the centers will be based in six Kenyan missions abroad. The missions include Washington DC (United…
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Royal Media Services (RMS) owner and Chairman Dr. S.K Macharia has opened up about his life as a student in the United States, saying he moved to the US to study after winning the Kennedy Airlifts Scholarship in 1962. Speaking during a prize-giving ceremony at Kahuhia Girls High School on Saturday…
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A Kenyan woman charged with vehicular homicide in Tacoma, Washington has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. 26-year-old Win Gikonyo  was driving her new Hyundai Elantra near 84th St and McKinney Ave on April 18, 2018 at a speed of more than 100 miles per hour. As she tried to pass two…
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A Kenyan-born woman who went missing in Germany five weeks ago is yet to be found. 32-year-old Rita Awuor Ojunge was last seen on April 5th after she dropped her two kids at a neighbor's home. The neighbor told police that Ms. Rita had been dropping her children at her house every time she needed…
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A Kenyan man in Dallas, Texas already facing capital murder charges has been charged with 11 more murders. 46-year-old Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir, who is already in jail being held for the March, 2018 murder of a woman in her apartment in Plano, Texas, was this week indicted in six new murder charges…
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The Kenya High Commission in Canada has informed Kenyans living in Canada that registration for Huduma Namba is currently ongoing, and will end on June 19, 2019. The High Commission informs Kenyans registering for Huduma Namba that they will need to start the registration process online at https://…
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The Kenya Embassy in Washington, DC is informing Kenyans living in the United States and Mexico that the Huduma Namba registration process in currently ongoing. The Embassy says the process started on May 6th and will end on June 19, 2019. Huduma Namba registration is part of the Kenyan government’…
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Kenyans in the Diaspora have until June 20, 2019 to register for Huduma Namba, the Interior Ministry has announced. The registration exercise for Kenyans in the Diaspora started at Kenyan consulates and embassies abroad on May 6th. (RELATED: Huduma Namba Registration for Kenyans in the United…