DIASPORA NEWS

Miguna Miguna has accused the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) of illegally detaining copies of his new book at the port of Mombasa. In a tweet, Miguna claims that the tax agency has refused to release 1,830 copies of his new book titled ‘Treason: The Case Against Tyrants and Renegades.' Miguna says…

Diaspora remittances have continued to cement their grip as Kenya’s highest foreign exchange earner. Latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that Kenyans living and working abroad sent home a staggering Sh67.16 billion in the first three months of this year. This is an increase from…

Results of the 2020 Diversity Visa Program, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will be available online starting tomorrow, May 7th, 2019. The results are for individuals who participated in the lottery during the open registration period last year, between October 30, 2018 and November 6,…

Kenyans online have accused a US-based Kenyan woman Achieng Agutu of telling lies when she appeared on a popular TV show, The Ellen Show, hosted by American comedian Ellen Degeneres. Her claims that she learned to write and speak good English by watching The Ellen Show when she was young caught the…

A Kenyan family has won $50,000 (Sh5 million) cash prize on American comedian Ellen Degeneres’ The Ellen Show. This comes after Degeneres reunited a Kenyan woman in the US with her family after two years of living apart and not seeing each other. In a video uploaded to YouTube, Achieng Agutu, a…

A Kenyan diaspora returnee has narrated how she survived a hammer attack by her former boyfriend in the US on her birthday nine years ago. In an exclusive interview with The Star, 37-year-old Elizabeth Kogo from Nandi County has opened up on how her jealous lover, Gideon Maiyo, almost killed her…

The body of a 16-year-old boy of Kenyan origin was on Monday found washed up on the shoreline at Chinook Landing Marina along Marine View Drive in northeast Tacoma, Washington. Franklin Wainaina Thuo's body was found a day after he was allegedly involved in a robbery incident in the same area.…

The government has come up with measures aimed at curbing the increased cases of abuse and mistreatment of Kenyans working abroad, especially those in Gulf countries. Labour Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani says the government is seeking to sign bilateral agreements with key labor destinations for…

Kenya’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Manoah Esipisu has underscored the potential of Kenyans in the diaspora in transforming the country. Addressing a diaspora forum organized by the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) in collaboration with Kenya’s High Commission in London, Manoah says Kenyans…

A 27-year-old American man has been sentenced to life in prison after he was found guilty of killing his Kenyan wife and son. Kwame Adom Carpenter of Anaheim, California is said to have stabbed his wife Moureen Wanjiku Gathua-Carpenter, 24, and six-month-old son, Kyan Carpenter on June 22nd, 2015…