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The family of a Kenyan man who died under mysterious circumstances in the United States is seeking the government's help to investigate his death.
50-year-old Moses Maima allegedly committed suicide in Chicago but was quickly cremated by his wife without the family's knowledge.
The family says it…
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Kenyans living and working in Qatar have come to the rescue of a Kenyan man who was stranded in the Middle East country for months.
20-year-old Isaac Kiprotich, a resident of Morosiot, Nandi County pleaded with Kenyans to help him return home after he was reportedly dumped by a recruitment agency…
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A 14-year-old Kenyan girl who had been denied a United Kingdom visa has finally reunited with her father in Scotland.
Ann Omondi traveled to the UK this week after her request for a visa was granted a few weeks ago following an intervention by British Prime Minister Theresa May.
Denis Omondi, a…
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Kenyans in the diaspora have launched a campaign to push for their registration as voters ahead of 2022 general elections.
The Daily Nation reports that the group has formed the ‘Kenya Diaspora Must Vote (KDMV),’ a volunteer public-private campaign to push for their listing as voters.
In the latest…
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A family in Kenya seeks help from the Kenyan community in the United States to locate their kin.
The family says their relative, William Kinya Otieno, moved to Texas from Kenya in 1987. Otieno, 58, has never communicated with his family since then. They add that there is some very urgent and…
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A Kenyan man is facing deportation from Australia after he was summoned by the country's immigration authorities.
31-year-old John Mbuthia Mwangi says he received a phone call to appear at the Immigration offices for a visa interview. Immigration officers however arrested him on arrival…
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Two Kenyan women are currently languishing in jail in Iraq after allegedly falling out with their employers.
The two, who had been employed as domestic workers in the Middle East country, were incarcerated after their employers turned against them.
One of them, Grace Mwihaki Gachunga moved to Iraq…
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An elderly Kenyan man living in the United States is appealing to well-wishers to help him return to Kenya.
70-year-old William Mwangi Kagwima from Worcester, Massachusetts moved to the US in 1998 but wants to return home after losing his sight.
Mwangi began losing his sight last year and this…
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Kenyans in the diaspora have expressed mixed reactions to President Kenyatta’s recent directive on the issuance of new generation passports.
On Thursday, Kenyatta directed the Immigration Department and Ministry of Foreign Affairs to ensure that Kenyans abroad get e-Passports in their countries of…
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President Kenyatta has directed the Immigration Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue Kenyans in the diaspora with e-Passports in their countries of residence.
Kenyatta issued the order on Thursday during a meeting with Kenyans living and working in Namibia. Kenyatta is on a…
